Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award5 wins & 2 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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It is a strangely fascinating and affecting film, up to a point.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
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If you have never seen it, you should. If you have seen it before, your admiration will only increase.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Sep 2003
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Kurosawa's eclectic style is a delight: his striking, varied compositions reflecting the old man's journey from darkness to some kind of light right until the moving finale.
– Wally Hammond,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
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Kurosawa performs a tour-de-force in keeping a dramatic thread throughout and avoiding the mawkish.