Kurosawa continues to baffle me. It is not unless u see the bests of these greats that u realize why they are a cut above the rest.
The last Kurosawa i watched was Dreams..another path-breaking movie. Ikiru delves deep into human character.
It traces the last 5 months of a man who has come to know that he has stomach cancer. He knew he wouldnt last for more than 6 months..Inititally, he thought he would enjoy life.All throughout his life he had lived like a Mummy in a stingy way to raise his motherless son. But his son and daughter-inlaw cared little for him. He withdrew a large sum of money from the bank to enjoy himself but he didnt know how to spend. at a pub, he chanced on a good-for-nothing author who promised to show him how to enjoy.
But what was the enjoyment with money.. they stooped low, went to casinos, strip bars, dance bars, slept with prostitutes. Clearly a man of virtues he did not enjoy himself. next he wanted to cling on to a young woman full of zippy mirth. It was during one of these dates that he realized that he had to do something to make his life worthwhile...
He rebelled against everythign fearlessly to build a park filling a cesspool. It was hen that he found true joy..the joy of doing something good, achieving something worthwhile...In a way he was born when he came to know cancer.....Most of us spend our lives doing nothing..when we look back at life at out deathbed...we simply realise, we just had been busy..but the net output was zero....
Watch this movie..it might change your life.
Acting-9/10
Screenplay and dialogues-9/10
Overall 9/10
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