Review of Ikiru (1952) by Hasan C — 28 Dec 2008
This is Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece, yes, even better than Rashomon and The Seven Samauri. It is a perfect true story of everybody's life- how we don't even realize we have it until we know it will be over in a short while.
Watanabi's quest for self-discovery is one of the greatest from any motion picture ever made. The all-too-true paradox is one to end all paradoxes- that Watanabi is dead, and had been all his life, until he realized he was sick, which is when he began living for the first time.
This review of Ikiru (1952) was written by Hasan C on 28 Dec 2008.
Ikiru has generally received very positive reviews.
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