Ikiru
生きる
1952 · 2h 23m · Drama · Japan · Rated 12 (GB)
A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
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Akira Kurosawa8.2Smart score
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