Ikiru (Region B) Christopher Reeve Lisa Friede

Lisa Friede

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Ikiru (Region B) Christopher Reeve Lisa FriedeFeaturing a beautifully nuanced performance by Takashi Shimura as a bureaucrat diagnosed with stomach cancer, Ikiru is an intensely lyrical and moving film which explores the nature of existence and how we find meaning in our lives. Opening with a shot of an x ray, showing the main character's stomach, Ikiru tells the tale of a dedicated, downtrodden civil servant who, diagnosed with terminal cancer, learns to change his dull, unfulfilled existence,