Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film “Ikiru” has acquired a reputation as a corrective — “this is the one that will remind you what matters” — and reputations like that tend to flatten what is most unsettling ...
Kanji Watanabe is a civil servant. He has worked in the same department for 30 years. His life is boring and monotonous, though he once used to have passion and drive. Then one day he discovers that ...
Kanji: [[life] You — just to look at you makes me feel better. It warms this — this mummy's heart of mine. And you're so kind to me. No; that's not it. You're so young, so healthy. No; that's not it ...