Ikiru
生きる
(1952)
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.
9 Kinolab Clips
Opening Sequence
A group of parents from Kuroe-cho visit the Public Works department to petition their representatives about building a public park. Kanji Watanabe (Takashi Shimura), the chief of the department, sends them to another office.
Duration: 00:07:45
Timestamp: 00:02:03
Contributor: Phoebe Marin
Stomach Problems
Watanabe (Takashi Shimura) goes to the doctor's office where he discovers that he has stomach cancer.
Duration: 00:06:36
Timestamp: 00:11:12
Contributor: Phoebe Marin
Life Experiences
Watanabe (Takashi Shimura) reflects on his life experiences, specifically the loss of his wife and the raising of his son.
Duration: 00:07:42
Timestamp: 00:21:12
Contributor: Phoebe Marin
Life is Brief
An eccentric novelist (Yunosuke Ito) takes Watanabe to a bar, where Watanabe (Takashi Shimura) requests an old love song.
Duration: 00:05:26
Timestamp: 00:44:12
Contributor: Phoebe Marin
Watanabe and Toyo
Watanabe (Takashi Shimura) spends the day with Toyo (Miki Odagiri), a young woman from his office, because he is enticed by her love of life. Later, he tries to tell his son Mitsuo (Nobuo Kaneko) about his cancer but cannot because Mitsuo has already made assumptions about his odd behavior.
Duration: 00:07:39
Timestamp: 01:08:25
Contributor: Phoebe Marin
Watanabe's Funeral
Watanabe (Takashi Shimura) returns to the office, determined to make a change. Five months later, his family and coworkers gather for his funeral.
Duration: 00:06:15
Timestamp: 01:26:06
Contributor: Phoebe Marin
Mourners from Kuroe-cho
Women from Kuroe-cho, the neighborhood where Watanabe (Takashi Shimura) built the playground, come to pay their respects at his funeral.
Duration: 00:02:48
Timestamp: 01:36:11
Contributor: Phoebe Marin
Watanabe's Last Days
The mourners reflect on Watanabe's (Takashi Shimura)last days and his motives for dedicating himself to building the playground.
Duration: 00:09:33
Timestamp: 01:52:21
Contributor: Phoebe Marin
Closing Sequence
A police officer who found Watanabe's (Takashi Shimura)signature hat comes to return the hat to Mitsuo (Nobuo Kaneko) and pay his respects. Everyone vows to live like Watanabe did in his last moments, but they soon fall back into the old habits of bureaucracy.
Duration: 00:08:03
Timestamp: 02:08:38
Contributor: Phoebe Marin