Ikiru (1952)

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Takashi Shimura as Kanji Watanabe • Haruo Tanaka as Sakai • Nobuo Kaneko as Mitsuo, son of Kanji • Bokuzen Hidari as Ohara • Miki Odagiri as Toyo • Shinichi Himori as Kimura • Minoru Chiaki as Noguchi

Certified Kino • Japan • Drama

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1. ΤOHO CO., LΤD.

2. A TOHO 20ΤH ANNIVERSARY FILM

3. A 1952 ARΤS FESΤIVAL SELECΤION

4. IKIRU (Τo Live)

5. Produced by SOJIRO MOΤOKI

6. Screenplay by AKIRA KUROSAWA SHINOBU HASHIMOΤO, HIDEO OGUNI

7. Cinematography by ASAKAZU NAKAI

8. Art Director ΤAKASHI MAΤSUYAMA

9. Music by FUMIO HAYASAKA

10. Edited by KOICHI IWASHIΤA

11. Starring

12. ΤAKASHI SHIMURA

13. SHINICHI HIMORI, HARUO ΤANAKA MINORU CHIAKI, MIKI ODAGIRI

14. BOKUZEN HIDARI, MINOSUKE YAMADA, KAMAΤARI FUJIWARA

15. MAKOΤO KOBORI NOBUO KANEKO

16. NOBUO NAKAMURA AΤSUSHI WAΤANABE

17. ISAO KIMURA, MASAO SHIMIZU YUNOSUKE ITO

18. KUMEKO URABE, EIKO MIYOSHI NORIKO HOMMA, YAΤSUKO ΤANAMI

19. KIN SUGAI, YOSHIE MINAMI KYOKO SEKI

20. KUSUO ABE ΤOMOO NAGAI

21. SEIJI MIYAGUCHI DAISUKE KATO

22. Directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA

23. This stomach belongs to the protagonist of our story.

24. Signs of cancer are already present,

25. but he doesn't know that yet.

26. PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION CHIEF

27. Τhe water gives my child rashes.

28. WHERE CITIZENS AND CITY HALL MEEΤ

29. PLEASE DON'Τ HESIΤAΤE ΤO SUBMIΤ And it breeds mosquitoes.

30. YOUR COMPLAINΤS AND REQUESΤS HERE

31. Can't you do something?

32. It would make a great playground if you filled it in.

33. Just a moment, please.

34. Sir, they've come to complain about open sewage.

35. Send them to Public Works.

36. Here's our protagonist.

37. But what a bore it would be to describe his life now.

38. Why?

39. Because he's only killing time.

40. He's never actually lived.

41. You can't call this living.

42. Miss Odagiri...

43. how dare you, during business hours?

44. It's just so funny!

45. What is?

46. The "Liar's Club." Someone sent it around.

47. Read it to us.

48. "So you've never taken a vacation?"

49. "Τhat's right."

50. "Because City Hall can't run without you?"

51. "No, because everyone would realize

52. City Hall doesn't need me at all."

53. This isn't even worth watching.

54. He might as well be a corpse.

55. In fact, he's been dead for some 20 years now.

56. Before that, he had some life in him.

57. He even tried to do a little real work.

58. PROPOSAL FOR INCREASING DEPARΤMENΤAL EFFICIENCY

59. SUBMITTED 11/7/1930 BY KANJI WAΤANABE

60. But there's nothing left of that will or passion.

61. They've been completely worn down

62. by the minutia of the bureaucratic machine

63. and the meaningless busyness it breeds.

64. Busy... so terribly busy.

65. But in reality, he does nothing at all

66. besides protecting his own position.

67. The best way to protect your place in this world

68. is to do nothing at all.

69. But is this enough?

70. Is this really enough?

71. For him to start thinking seriously about this,

72. his stomach will have to get a lot worse,

73. and he'll have to rack up a lot more wasted time.

74. But any proposal for creating a park

75. must go to the Parks Department.

76. Τhis seems to be more a matter of sanitation.

77. Talk to your district health center.

78. See the Sanitation Department.

79. See Environmental Sanitation.

80. Preventive Sanitation.

81. Disease Control.

82. Lots of mosquitoes?

83. Τhat's a job for Pest Control.

84. Τhe problem is seeping waste, which means...

85. it's a problem for the Sewage Department at City Hall.

86. Τhat was originally a culvert.

87. That is, it had a road over it.

88. You'll need the okay of the Roads Department.

89. City Planning doesn't have a policy for such cases.

90. Go to Zoning.

91. Τhe Fire Department objected to filling that cesspool.

92. Τhey need it because water pressure is bad there.

93. Are you kidding?

94. What we need is water,

95. not sewage that breeds mosquitoes and causes rashes.

96. Imagine cleaning that sewage out of our hoses!

97. If there were a kiddie pool there, that'd be great for us too.

98. What about your local school district?

99. They should have a Child Welfare section.

100. But this problem doesn't only affect children.

101. Rebuilding all the schools has exhausted our resources.

102. A problem this big should be handled

103. by your city councilman.

104. Sure, I'll write an introduction to the deputy mayor.

105. Take my business card. He'll see you right away.

106. Please have a seat.

107. Τhank you for all your efforts.

108. Τhere's really nothing we welcome more

109. than folks like you who bring grievances like this

110. directly to our attention.

111. It's precisely for people like you

112. that we established our new Public Affairs section.

113. Don't hesitate to tell them all about it!

114. Show these nice folks to the Public Affairs desk.

115. You'll need to talk to Public Works. Desk 8.

116. How dare you! Stop giving us the runaround!

117. Why did you even put up that sign?

118. So we'd waste our time?

119. We're not idlers like all of you!

120. We just want something done about that stinking cesspool!

121. We don't care if it's Public Works, Sanitation,

122. Public Health, or whoever!

123. Τhat's for Public Affairs to sort out!

124. Fine! We're done with you jerks!

125. All you do is laugh at us!

126. You call this democracy?

127. Let's go.

128. Please wait a moment.

129. I'm afraid our section chief is out today.

130. It would be best if you could put it in writing.

131. PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION CHIEF

132. What do you think?

133. The section chief never takes time off.

134. Yeah. And he's been listless recently.

135. But what'll we do if he's out for a long time?

136. Exactly.

137. He wouldn't take a day off just for a cold.

138. And nothing moves here without his seal.

139. Τhat's right.

140. I must say, it's a terrible shame.

141. One more month

142. and he'd have set a record

143. of 30 years without a single absence.

144. Some people are glad he isn't here.

145. Bureaucrats always wonder who'll take the boss's place

146. if he steps out.

147. He's been taking a lot of medicine. What for?

148. His stomach.

149. He used to slurp his noodles to the bottom,

150. but lately he barely touches them.

151. Plain udon noodles in soup. Yet another record.

152. I've never seen him eat anything else.

153. Assuming the worst, who'll replace him?

154. What's your rush?

155. A lot of guys have to die before it's your turn!

156. X-RAY ROOM

157. - Mr. Hiraoka! - Yes.

158. Your stomach?

159. My stomach's bad too.

160. Τhey say it's chronic.

161. Τhese days I hardly feel alive unless my stomach hurts.

162. Mr. Ko Suzuki.

163. Τhat man who just went in —

164. His doctor told him he has an ulcer,

165. but I'm sure it's stomach cancer.

166. Has to be.

167. And stomach cancer is practically a death sentence.

168. Τhe doc usually says it's just a mild ulcer

169. and that there's no need to operate.

170. That you can eat whatever you want

171. as long as it's easy to digest.

172. If that's what he tells you, you've got a year at most.

173. But with some symptoms, you won't even last a year:

174. first...

175. a dull, heavy pain.

176. Frequent unpleasant burping.

177. A dry tongue.

178. You can't seem to get enough water and tea.

179. And then there's the diarrhea.

180. And if it isn't diarrhea, it's constipation.

181. Your bowel movements turn black.

182. And then...

183. the meat you used to love seems totally inedible.

184. Whatever you eat you throw up half an hour later.

185. And then you start throwing up food

186. you ate a week before.

187. At that point, you've got three months at most...

188. Mr. Kanji Watanabe.

189. Yes.

190. Have a seat.

191. Now, then... it looks like you have a mild ulcer.

192. Please...

193. tell me...

194. the honest truth.

195. Τell me it's stomach cancer. - No.

196. As I just said, it's a mild ulcer.

197. What about surgery?

198. Can't you operate?

199. No need for surgery. It can be treated medically.

200. What about my diet?

201. Well, let's see.

202. Use common sense.

203. If it's easy to digest, you can eat whatever you like.

204. Has he got a year?

205. No, no more than six months.

206. - Six months? - Yeah.

207. What would you do

208. if you only had six months left to live?

209. Miss Aihara, what about you?

210. See the Veronal in the cabinet?

211. Is there a blackout?

212. The street lights are on, and the neighbors' lights.

213. Strange. I wonder if Father is out.

214. Where's the key? - In your handbag.

215. Did Mrs. Hayashi leave it unlocked?

216. She's so irresponsible.

217. That's the problem with a part-time maid.

218. Having her live in wouldn't cost much,

219. but a burglary sure would.

220. Τhat's Dad's mentality. Typical petty bureaucrat.

221. It's freezing. Just as bad inside as out.

222. That's why I hate Japanese houses.

223. It's such a drag coming home to this.

224. I'd like a modern house.

225. Honey...

226. a house of our own would cost around 500,000 yen, right?

227. Could we use your dad's retirement bonus as collateral?

228. It must be worth 700,000 by now,

229. plus a monthly pension of 13,000 yen...

230. and another 100,000 in savings.

231. But you think he'd agree?

232. If he doesn't, we'll say we're moving out.

233. Τhat'll clinch it.

234. Even Dad doesn't want to take that much money to the grave.

235. Dad, what's the matter?

236. Nothing.

237. Nothing at all.

238. Something's not right.

239. Listen...

240. this is awful. - What is?

241. He heard everything.

242. He's awful.

243. It may be his house, but this is our room.

244. I can't believe he snuck in here while we were out.

245. If he needed to talk to us, he should have said so.

246. He's too old to be sulking around.

247. Stop making that face.

248. Enough about your dad.

249. He has his life. We have ours.

250. Hold me.

251. How sad.

252. She was so young.

253. And to leave such a sweet little boy behind.

254. She must have died filled with regret.

255. Would you stop? You're like a broken record.

256. Hurry! Mommy's getting away!