Ikuru (Akira Kurosawa 1952)
Posted on June 09 at 8.26, 2006 by Eric Mahleb
Ikuru, supposedly Steven Spielberg’s favourite film, is the remarkable story of a very unremarkable man who goes through life wrapped comfortably in a blanket of monotonous, uneventful, no-risk habits.
He is prepared to leave no mark on this life, to leave it quietly and to disturb no one in the process. Until two things happen….
Unlike Kurosawa’s previous efforts which relied on the traditional Jidai-Geki and Chambara (sword fighting period films), Ikuru depicts the Japan of the 1950s and shows that Kurosawa was a versatile and skillfull director who was able to craft magnificent and emotionally charged films as well as action driven pieces.
Beautiful, moving, and splendidly acted…
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