Review of Ikiru (1952) by Private U — 24 Dec 2008

Beautiful! Takashi Shimura's finest performance... The world needs more bureaucrats like him.

This review of Ikiru (1952) was written by Private U on 24 Dec 2008.

Ikiru has generally received very positive reviews.

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