IKIRU (CRITERION COLLECTION) (1952) (2 DISCS)

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• Release Year: 1952
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Considered by many to be Akira Kurosawa's greatest achievement, Ikiru (To Live) presents the director at his most compassionate - affirming life through the exploration of a man's death. Takashi Shimura portrays Kanji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer forced to strip the veneer from his existence and find meaning in his final days. Told in two parts, Ikiru offers Watanabe's quest in the present, and then through a series of flashbacks. The result is a multifaceted look at a life through a prism of perspectives, resulting in the full portrait of a misunderstood man.
• Cast: Takashi Shimura, Shinichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka, Miki Odagiri, Bokuzen Hidari, Minosuke Yamada, Kamatari Fujiwara, Makoto Kobori, Nobuo Kaneko, Nobuo Nakamura, Atsushi Watanabe, Isao Kimura, Masao Shimizu, Yûnosuke Itô, Kumeko Urabe, Kin Sugai, Eiko Miyoshi, Fumiko Honma, Yatsuko Tanami, Yoshie Minami, Kyôko Seki, Kusuo Abe, Tomoo Nagai, Seiji Miyaguchi, Daisuke Katô, Miki Hayashi, Fuyuki Murakami, Hirayoshi Aono, Junpei Natsuki, Toranosuke Ogawa, Akira Sera, Ichirô Chiba, Akira Tani, Yoko Kajima, Mie, Sachio Sakai, Toshiyuki Ichimura, Harue Kuramoto, Lasa Saya, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
• Director: Akira Kurosawa
• Runtime: 2:23
• Company: Toho, The Criterion Collection, Toho International, Janus Films, Home Vision Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie