Friday, February 15, 2019

Ikiru

I know this is an Akira Kurosawa movie, who is a popular Japanese director still I was surprised to find that it was in the top 250 on imdb.com.  I didn't know it was that popular.  I think it's just as good as "It's a Wonderful Life" in showing the value of life.  It's about a man who has cancer and has just months to live.  He directs his attention on a playground project.  When the man dies, he leaves a lot of people including his family to wonder about his motives and whether he knew he had cancer.  It isn't suspenseful like many of Kurosawa's movies but it's a nice quiet thinker.

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