Review of Ikiru (1952) by Lesley N — 28 Jan 2010
With only six months to live, Watanabe - who's spent his life working as a mind-numbingly dull government bureaucrat and who lives with his son and daughter- in-law, who'd patently prefer it if they had the place to themselves - needs to find some meaning in his rapidly-running-out time on earth.
Slow and measured, yet despite such an unpromising premise, uplifting and optimistic, this is a universal film that should be seen once by everybody in the universe at least once before they die. Preferably sooner rather than later.
This review of Ikiru (1952) was written by Lesley N on 28 Jan 2010.
Ikiru has generally received very positive reviews.
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