Iikiru (Japan, 1952)
Running Time: 143 Minutes
When a stoic government official (Takashi Shimura, with a BAFTA nomination for Best Foreign Actor) in post-war Japan learns he has terminal cancer, he realizes he has squandered his life on meaningless red tape and has no close family or friendships to lean on. He resolves to use his remaining time to usher an insignificant but popular civic project, a children’s playground, through the bureaucracy he knows so well. The acclaimed Akira Kurosawa directs.
Workshop Instructor: Vinit Parmar
Workshop Coordinator: Antony Wong
Technical Assistance: William Tam, Zhu-Hui Wu
