Ikiru 1952 123movies

Watch: 生きる 1952 123movies, Full Movie Online – Kanji Watanabe is a civil servant. He has worked in the same department for 30 years. His life is pretty boring and monotonous, though he once used to have passion and drive. Then one day he discovers that he has stomach cancer and has less than a year to live. After the initial depression he sets about living for the first time in over 20 years. Then he realises that his limited time left is not just for living life to the full but to leave something meaningful behind….
Plot: 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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Ratings:

	8.3/10 Votes: 78,896
	98% | RottenTomatoes
	91/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 856 Popularity: 23.66 | TMDB

Reviews:

Truly a masterpiece
Kanji Watanabe is a civil servant. He has worked in the same department for 30 years. His life is pretty boring and monotonous, though he once used to have passion and drive. Then one day he discovers that he has stomach cancer and has less than a year to live. After the initial depression he sets about living for the first time in over 20 years. Then he realises that his limited time left is not just for living life to the full but to leave something meaningful behind…

Written and directed by the legendary Akira Kurosawa, this is his magnum opus. Yes, Seven Samurai, Rashomon or Yojimbo might be more popular or more critically acclaimed but this, for me, is his greatest work.

Incredibly profound and thought-provoking, examining life and living it plus death and what you leave behind. Also takes a dig at politicians and the wastefulness of the civil service.

Very engaging too: characters are well-formed and develop throughout the movie. Moreover we empathise with Watanabe and his issues, issues which are relatable.

Highly emotional towards the end too, as we see the impact he has made.

A timeless classic.

Other Information:

Original Language ja
Runtime 2 hr 23 min (143 min), 2 hr 3 min (123 min) (cut) (Sweden)
Budget 0
Revenue 55240
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama
Director Akira Kurosawa
Writer Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
Actors Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Shin’ichi Himori
Country Japan
Awards Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award6 wins & 2 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 3,375 m (Sweden, cut version), 4,815.84 m (India), 3,918 m (15 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format Digital (Digital Cinema Package DCP), 35 mm