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Certificate 12A

Cast Shinobu Hashimoto Takashi Shimura Haruo Tanaka

Directors Akira Kurosawa

Screenwriters Akira Kurosawa

Running Time 0 minutes

Ikiru
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Plot
A Japanese beaurocrat (Shimura) discovers he has terminal cancer, and after an initially fruitless search for meaning in his dull existence, decides to become highly assertive in the construction of a park in his city.

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