Ikiru

Based On the book by Leo Tolstoy

Ikiru (生きる; 'To Live') is a 1952 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay co-written with Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni. The film examines the struggles of a terminally ill Tokyo bureaucrat (played by Takashi Shimura) and his final quest for meaning. The screenplay was partly inspired by Leo Tolstoy's 1886 novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich. The film's major themes include learning how to live, the inefficiency of bureaucracy, and decaying family life in Japan, which have been the subject of analysis by academics and critics.

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Release date:

1952

Director:

Akira Kurosawa

Cast:

Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Bokuzen Hidari, Kamatari Fujiwara, Makoto Kobori

Genre:

Drama

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Year page:

1952 in adaptations