Ikiru

Yesterday night we saw Ikiru, a Kurosawa film. I was going to say that I thought it was the saddest film I've ever seen, but on second thought I think it is too simplistic to simply narrow it down to being sad. There are few films that can so truly portray emotion with the complexity and sensitivity of this one.



That is the movie poster. Oh, I just wanted to add that the man who plays Watanabe, Takashi Shimura, is a phenominal actor. Kurosawa used him in quite a few films, and with good reason! He is amazing.