Ikiru

Japanese master Akira Kurosawa is one of the definitive and undisputed masters of cinema who's also one of the few with several masterpieces in various genres. This masterpiece is one of his most humane and profound films about life. A public civil servant finds out he has cancer that rekindles his passion for a last mission. Kurosawa delivers another knockout from the first frame till the last without missing a beat, holding you captivated along the way. It's a heartbreaking film that works on many levels as it is universal and timeless. Kurosawa regular Takashi Shimura in his greatest role as a man who realizes too late that he wasted most his short life but not too late to do something about it. Kurosawa's film remains a towering achievement to his genius as he proved again and again over five decades. Everybody dies but not everybody lives. YRCinema's coverage of films on DVD.