Ikiru.
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A: Access CP: Composite Positive AC: Acetate C: 1200' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Black & White Sound Akira Kurosawa Director: Akira Kurosawa Toho Kabushiki Kaisha
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for thirty years. After learning he has stomach cancer and less than a year to live, he attempts to come to terms with his impending death. He plans to tell his son about the cancer, but decides against it when his son does not pay attention to him. He then tries to find escape in the pleasures of Tokyo's nightlife, guided by an eccentric novelist whom he just met. Inspired by her joyous love of life and enthusiasm, he realizes that it is not too late for him to do something significant
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for thirty years. After learning he has stomach cancer and less than a year to live, he attempts to come to terms with his impending death. He plans to tell his son about the cancer, but decides against it when his son does not pay attention to him. He then tries to find escape in the pleasures of Tokyo's nightlife, guided by an eccentric novelist whom he just met. Inspired by her joyous love of life and enthusiasm, he realizes that it is not too late for him to do something significant
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