One of the greatest achievements by Akira Kurosawa, IKIRU shows the director at his most compassionate—affirming life through an exploration of death. Takashi Shimura beautifully portrays Kanji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer who is impelled to find meaning in his final days. Presented in a radically conceived twopart structure and shot with a perceptive, humanistic clarity of vision, Ikiru is a multifaceted look at what it means to be alive.
This special collaboration between Montclair Film and La Cinémathèque celebrates Lives Remembered: Japanese Cinematic Masterpieces. Featuring a special introduction and Q&A with curator, Gerard Amsellem, local teacher, artist, and filmmaker from New Wave Productions along with Dr. Anne Giblin Gedacht, Ph.D., Associate Professor at Seton Hall University on Japanese culture.
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