Ikiru

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Theatrical Release Date:

12/19/2000

DVD Release Date:

01/06/2004

Run Time:

134min.

Starring:

Takashi Shimura , Nobuo Kaneko , Kyoko Seki , Miki Odagiri , Makoto Kobori

Director(s):

Akira Kurosawa

MPAA Rating:

Not Rated

Genre(s):

Drama

Plot: Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru details the existential struggle of one ordinary man in his desperate search for purpose. Upon learning he has terminal stomach cancer, a low-level government bureaucrat (Takashi Shimura) leaves his job of thirty years without ... Read More

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