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Ikiru

Ikiru (1952)

NR 2h 23m 7.3/10 IMDb
Drama

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.

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Cast: Takashi Shimura, Haruo Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Bokuzen Hidari, Miki Odagiri

Content Warnings

Mental Health & Emotional

Grief / bereavement (major focus) Suicide (discussed or ideation) Terminal illness

Substance Use

Alcohol abuse (depicted)
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