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Mood:
- EmotionalSincereTouchingAtmosphericContemplativeSentimental
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Plot:
- Human NaturePsychologicalRedemptionSelf DiscoveryHopesLife is a BitchMind and SoulUnfulfillment more...
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Genres:
- DramaForeign
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century50s
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Place:
- JapanOffice
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Ikiru, 1952
Japanese, English
Japan
Profile of Ikiru
The mood of Ikiru is emotional, sincere, and touching. The plot centers around redemption, self discovery, and human nature. It is a drama and foreign movie. In approach, Ikiru is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. It takes place, at least partly, in an office. Ikiru is set in Japan. It happens in the 1950s.
Summary of Ikiru
A powerful, thought-provoking drama about a petty bureaucrat who discovers that he is dying of cancer. Coming to the realization that his life has been a meaningless quest for following petty company rules, he tries to create one thing of lasting worth.
Details
| Language: | Japanese, English |
| Country: | Japan |
| Release date: | 25 March 1956 |
| Runtime: | 143 min |
Cast and Crew
as Kanji Watanabe
as Kimura
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Users Reviews
- 18.March.2009
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- by: zalkin
- zalkin rated this movie
8/10Great
- 16.March.2009
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- by: Jason Parker
- Jason Parker rated this movie10/10Must See
