Ikiru 4K Restoration (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.

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 two-­part structure and shot with a perceptive, humanistic clarity of vision, IKIRU is a multifaceted look at what it means to be alive.

IKIRU was remade in 2022 as LIVING, starring an Oscar-nominated Bill Nighy.

IKIRU plays as part of Akira Kurosawa: A Retrospective, presenting 7 masterpieces in brand new restorations this August: https://amherstcinema.org/kurosawa

New 4K restoration by Toho Co., Ltd., released by Janus Films.

You may also like the following events from Amherst Cinema:

• This Wednesday, 20th August, 07:00 pm, Old School (Sound & Vision) w/ Young @ Heart co-directors Bob Cilman and Julia van IJken in person! in Amherst
• This Thursday, 21st August, 07:00 pm, CatVideoFest 2025 Encores! in Amherst
• This Saturday, 23rd August, 12:45 pm, Shrek ($5 Family Films) in Amherst

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