The most painfully beautiful movie I've ever seen. It's a Japanese film made in 1952, yet I've never felt a movie speak to me more clearly than this did. It touches on a subject we all face--death, and how to live life under it's shadow. And it deals with it in a beautiful and profound way. Takashi Shimura gives the performance of his career. And Kurosawa is more personal than he's ever been.
The themes dealt with here have more recently been seen in the modern classic "American Beauty" revealing just how timeless this story is. Give it time, it gets better every time I watch it. Kurosawa's most enduring work. |
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