WED APRIL 13, 2022 7:00 PM IKIRU $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Los Feliz 3 | Program begins with a live recording of the Greg Proops Film Club podcast. Feature starts at 7:30 PM. Takashi Shimura Retrospective Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILM: 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. FORMAT: 35mm DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films