Ikiru (1952)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:30
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.7/10
Consensus: Ikiru is a well-acted and deeply moving humanist tale about a man facing his own mortality, one of legendary director Akira Kurosawa's most intimate films.
Theatrical Release:Jan 3, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: IKIRU ("To Live") is a compelling humanist fable that provokes audiences to profoundly contemplate their own mortality, and indeed their own sense of morality. Mr. Watanabe, a middle-aged... [More]
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Reviews for Ikiru
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 5/5 |
Meticulously constructed, beautifully played and poignant. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Deeply moving. Full Review |
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Akira Kurosawa's greatest film. Full Review |
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A masterwork of burning social conscience and hard-eyed psychological realism. Full Review |
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Kurosawa performs a tour-de-force in keeping a dramatic thread throughout and avoiding the mawkish. Full Review |
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Few actors besides Shimura, could pull off the older, round-shouldered protagonist's downcast face, later "unnatural" and scary to a young woman. Full Review |
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5/5 |
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4/4 |
This may be the definitive portrait of a man who, examining his life, discovers that it may not be worth living. Full Review |
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B+ |
A classic humanist tale without becoming mawkish. Full Review |
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Kurosawa’s eclectic style is a delight: his striking, varied compositions reflecting the old man’s journey from darkness to some kind of light right until the moving finale. Full Review |
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4/4 |
May not be the first movie you think of when ticking off the list of Kurosawa's best films, but it is the one that stands defiantly as his deepest, best acted and most watchable. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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3/5 |
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A+ |
An unqualified masterpiece that just may be Kurosawa's best. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Ikiru is a thoughtful and truly well-made film, wherein Kurosawa has the opportunity to explore the human condition more fully than in his action-packed adventures Full Review |
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4/4 |
I go to the movie theater every week in hopes that someone out there still wants to make a film like “Ikiru.” Full Review |
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4/4 |
If you have never seen it, you should. If you have seen it before, your admiration will only increase. Full Review |
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5/5 |
A thoughtful elegy on the meaning of existence
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