A season of classic films that have influenced the development of world cinema. Living (lkiru) starring Takashi Shimura
After 30 oppressive years as a minor civil servant, Kanji Watan abe learns that he is dying of cancer. Searching for a meaning in what remains of his life he suddenly finds a cause: to force through a piece of legislation to turn a sewage sump into a children's playground.
Akira Kurosawa , distinguished director of Rashomon and The Seven Samurai, here transforms a potentially depressing and sentimental modern story into one of the cinema's warmest, most compelling affirmations of human life.
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