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Akira Kurosawa: Ikiru (New 4K Restoration)

Japan | 1952 | 143 min. | Akira Kurosawa

Opens August 1, 2025

Akira Kurosawa: A Retrospective

One of the greatest achievements by Akira Kurosawa, Ikiru shows the director at his most compassionate—affirming life through an explora­tion of death. New 4K restoration.

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Friday, August 1, 2025

SIFF Cinema Downtown

6:00 PM

Monday, August 11, 2025

SIFF Cinema Downtown

7:30 PM

One of the greatest achievements by Akira Kurosawa, Ikiru shows the director at his most compassionate—affirming life through an explora­tion of death. Takashi Shimura beautifully portrays Kanji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer who is impelled to find meaning in his final days. Presented in a radically conceived two­part structure and shot with a perceptive, humanistic clarity of vision, Ikiru is a multifaceted look at what it means to be alive.

  • Director: Akira Kurosawa
  • Principal Cast: Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyoko Seki, Makoto Kobori
  • Country: Japan
  • Year: 1952
  • Running Time: 143 min.
  • Producer: Sojiro Motoki
  • Screenplay: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
  • Cinematographers: Asakazu Nakai
  • Music: Fumio Hayasaka
  • Filmography: Ran (1985), Kagemusha (1980), Red Beard (1965), High and Low (1963), Sanjuro (1962), Yojimbo (1961), The Hidden Fortress (1958), Throne of Blood (1957), Seven Samurai (1954), Ikiru (1952), Rashomon (1950), Stray Dog (1949), Drunken Angel (1948)
  • Language: Japanese
  • Has Subtitles: Yes
  • Format: 4K DCP
  • US Distributor: Janus Films