Ikiru begins with a man. A small, shrivelled, cowering man. A man afraid to speak up, constantly mulling over and doubting his own words. A man too afraid to talk to even his own son. A man so frustratingly passive it makes you want to stand up and speak for him. A simple passenger in his own life.
We see the result of this grey blur of a life through the monumental lead performance of Takashi Shimura, who masterfully conveys…
