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A Brief Review of Ikiru (1952)  Ikiru is one of the greatest works of Akira Kurosawa, infamous Japanese filmmaker. Many said that his films often inspired many western movies, for example, Star Wars. The lead actor of this film is Takashi Shimura. He is praised in this filmbecause of his acting that give a certain degree of emotional depth to viewers. Thisfilm is telling us about the story of a “dead-inside” oldman who eventually liveanactual life after facing a death sentence. Here is my summary of it.  Watanabe have worked as a sector chief of Public Affairs for nearly 30 years. But hedoesn’t seem bored, despite always doing the same activity everyday. His colleagues astonished as he never absent in that period.  But the thing is changed when his stomachache got more severe. The doctor said, in indirect way, that he got stomach cancer. This is pretty much a death sentence. Knowing that he can’t live for more than 6 months, he is depressed and lost his conscience.  In the house, there