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When a Japanese bureaucrat learns he has only a short time to live, he works to redeem his wasted life through unselfishness.
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, Watanabe, a government clerk, spends his last months in search of a meaning to life. After an uncomprehending pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds self-realization in forcing through his former department the building of a children's playground in the slums and dies quietly.
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a clerk spends his last months in search of the meaning to life. After his pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds self-realization in bringing about the building of a children's playground in the slums and dies quietly fulfilled.
Un fonctionnaire de Tokyo apprend qu'il est atteint de cancer et n'a plus que six mois à vivre. Après avoir cherché en vain consolation dans l'alcool et les plaisirs sous la conduite d'un ami d'occasion, il se lie d'amitié avec une jeune fille enjouée et dévouée. Cette rencontre donne un nouveau sens à sa vie et il consacre ses derniers mois à des démarches en vue de l'établissement d'un terrain de jeux pour enfants.
The story of the search for the meaning of life by a man who knows he has only a short time to live.
Drama
A young Japanese businessman dying of cancer wants to give something back to society before his death, so he decides to build a playground for children.
Feature films
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a clerk spends his last months in search of the meaning to life. After his pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds self-realization in bringing about the building of a children's playground in the slums and dies quiety fulfilled.
A man learns he is dying of an incurable cancer. He sees his past life as wasted but spends the last months creating a children's playground in a poor sector of the city. (Circulates).
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a clerk spends his last months in search of the meaning of life. After his pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds self-realization in bringing about the building of a children's playground in the slums and dies quiety fulfilled.
Considered by some to be Akira Kurosawa's greatest achievement, Ikiru presents the director at his most compassionate--affirming life through an exploration of a man's death. Takashi Shimura portrays Kanji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer forced to strip the veneer off his existence and find meaning in his final days. Told in two parts, Ikiru offers Watanabe's quest in the present, and then through a series of flashbacks. The result is a multifaceted look at a life through a prism of perspectives, resulting in a full portrait of a man who lacked understanding from others in life.
"El señor Watanabe descubre que padece un cáncer avanzado, el cual acabará con su vida apenas unos meses. En el umbral de la depresión, Watanabe intenta encontrar un sentido a su cotidiana existencia, algo que le permita seguir a pesar de la adversidad. Cuando se encuentra con una comunidad de vecinos que desea un parque en las cercanías, Watanabe cree encontrar aquello que tanto buscaba... Una magistral historia del triunfo de un individuo, en camino al olvido, sobre una sociedad entumecida por la cotidianeidad. Una obra sin precedentes de Akira Kurosawa"--Envase.
A drama about the last days of a minor government worker, Kanji Watanabe, who learns he is soon to die of cancer. He learns to change his dull, unfulfilled existence, and suddenly discovers a zest for life. Plunging first into self-pity, then a bout of hedonistic pleasure-seeking on the frenetic streets of post-war Tokyo, Watanabe finally finds satisfaction through building a children's playground.
Wanneer bij de eenvoudige kantoorklerk Watanabe kanker geconstateerd wordt, zoekt hij naar de betekenis van zijn leven.
Ikiru = Vivre ; (suivi de) Yojimbo = garde du corps ; (suivi de) Donzoko = s bas-fonds
Watanabe discovers that he has cancer and only six months to live. He is forced to appraise his life. He decides that to make his life meaningful he must help others and so he wages a one-man battle against the local bureaucracy to reclaim a local wasteland into a playground.
"In a Post-War Tokyo, when the bureaucratic chief of department of the City Hall Kanji Watanabe (Takashi Shimura) finds that he has a terminal cancer, he decides to intensively live his last months of life. While dying, he finds the meaning of life, and fights for the construction of a playground in a poor zone of the city and the legacy of his existence."--Imdb.
Considered by some to be Akira Kurosawa's greatest achievement, Ikirupresents the director at his most compassionate, affirming life through an exploration of a man's death. Takashi Shimura portrays Kanji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer forced to strip the veneer off his existence and find meaning in his final days. Told in two parts, Ikiru offers Watanabe's quest in the present, and then through a series of flashbacks. The result is a multifaceted look at a life through a prism of perspectives, resulting in a full portrait of a man who lacked understanding from others in life.
El señor Watenabe es un funcionario gris que no es consciente de que su existencia es rutinaria y vacia, hasta el momento en que presiente que está sentenciado a muerte por un cancer. Con la certeza de la proximidad del fin de sus días, emerge en él la necesidad de buscar un sentido a su vida, por lo que esta adquiere un nuevo valor y se produce un cambio radical en la actitud que, hasta ahora, habia mantenido respecto de su trabajo y las personas que le rodean.
Foreign films
An aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer is forced to strip the veneer from his existence and find meaning in his final days. DVD.
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a clerk spends his last months in search of a meaning to life. After his pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds fulfillment in bringing about the building of a children's playground in the slums.
The protagonist, Watanabe, discovers that he has cancer and only six months to live. He is forced to appraise his life. He decides that to make his life meaningful he must help others and so he wages a one man battle against the local bureaucracy to reclaim a local wasteland into a playground.
"Kanji Watanabe was the Citizen's Section of the Municipal Office with a record of 30 years'regular attendance without absence. When one day he discovers that he has cancer, he comes to realize the truth of life and determines to build a park for the civilians before he dies."--Container.
The powerful story of a dying man's triumph. Told he has only a short time to live, a bureaucrat at first reacts with a drunken spree, only to realize that only through unselfishness can he redeem his otherwise wasted life. With ferocious determination, he cuts all red tape to transform a swamp into a children's park.
Ikiru = To live
志村喬飾演一名三十年來營營役役, 從不遲到的市民課長, 每天在文件中過活, 職責是拖延市民的投訴. 但當他發現自己患上癌症時, 開始明白生命的意義, 決心在死前為市民建造一間公園.
To live
A drama about the last days of a minor government worker who learns he is soon to die of cancer.
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a clerk spends his last months in search of the meaning to life. After his pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds self-realization in bringing about the building of a childrens' playground in the slums and dies quietly fulfilled.
Ikiru
Janus Films presents Essential art house Ikiru
A drama about the last days of a minor government official who learnsthat he is soon to die of cancer.
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a government clerk spends his last months in search of a meaning to life. After an uncomprehending pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds self-fulfillment by forcing through his former department the building of a children's playground in the slums and dies quietly.
A laserdisc version of the film about a humble civil servant, who, after learning that he is dying of cancer, discovers the meaning of existence - when one lives, one must live entirely.
The Chief of the Citizen's Section of 30 years without absence discovers that he has cancer, realize the truth of life and determines to build a park for the civilians before he dies.
The protagonist, Watanabe, discovers that he has cancer and only six months to live. He is forced to appraise his life. He decides that to make his life meaningful he must help others and so he wages a one man battle against the local bureaucracy to reclaim a local wasteland into a playground. When the park is finally completed, he is able to face death with peaceful acceptance.
Discovering that he is dying of cancer, Watanabe, a government clerk, spends his last months in search of a meaning to life. After failing in the pursuit of pleasure, he finds self-fulfillment by forcing through his former department the building of a children's playground in the slums, and dies quietly.
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a government clerk spends his last months in search of a meaning to life. After an uncomprehending pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds self-fulfillment by forcing through his former department the building of a children's playground in the slums, then dies quietly.
The protagonist, Watanabe, discovers that he has cancer and only six months to live. He is forced to appraise his life. He decides that to make his life meaningful he must help others and so he wages a one-man battle against the local bureaucracy to reclaim a local wasteland into a playground.
Ikiru tells the powerful story of a dying man's triumph. Told he has only a short time to live, a bureaucrat reacts at first with a drunken spree. Then he realizes that only through unselfishness can he redeem his otherwise wasted life.
A drama about the last days of a minor government official who learns that he is soon to die of cancer.
Fiction
When a petty official Kanji Watanabe learns he is going to die he begins a quest for the true meaning of life.
The film examines the struggles of a minor Tokyo bureaucrat and his final quest for meaning. Told in two parts, Ikiru offers the bureaucrats quest in the present and then through a series of flashbacks.
Ayant appris qu'il souffre d'un cancer en phase terminale, un commis de bureau tente de trouver un sens à sa vie.
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a government clerk spends his last months in search of a meaning to life. After an uncomprehending pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds self-fulfillment by forcing through his former department the building of a children's playground in the slums and dies peacefully.
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a government clerk spends his last months in search of a meaning to life.
A middle aged bureaucrat learns that he has cancer and tries to find meaning in his life by exploring pleasure, his family, and an affair with a young woman. None of these satisfies him so he dedicates himself to getting a park built that the system had previously blocked.
The story is about a very responsible city clerk, who is in search of a meaning of life, after discovering his illness in the terminal stages of cancer. He decides to build a playground for the children in the slums as to fulfill his true value of life.
A humble civil servant, learning that he is dying of cancer, discovers the meaning of existence - when one lives, one must live entirely. An elaborate and rigorous formal system of symmetrics and asymmetrics contained within the overall 'rough-hewn geometry' has been analysed by Noel Burch. The first two-thirds shows Watanabe's actions, his own reactions to his approaching death. The last third ironically shows the reactions of others - their rejection of Watanabe and the meaning of his death. This sets up a complex interaction between emotional involvement and distanciation.
Ikiru To live
A lonely civil servant, learning he has terminal cancer, evaluates the meaning of his existence in the face of death and brings happiness to others by building a playground in a slum neighborhood.
Discovering that he is dying of cancer, Watanabe, a government clerk, spends his last months in search of a meaning to life. After failing in the pursuit of pleasure, he finds self fulfillment by ensuring that his former department builds a children's playground in the slums, and dies quietly.
Películas cinematográficas japonesas 1952.
Enfermos de cáncer Aspectos psicológicos Drama Videocasetes.
Películas cinematográficas Videocasetes.