Ikiru
A Tokyo section chief who has stamped papers for thirty years without deciding anything learns he has stomach cancer and perhaps a year left. After a night out with a stranger and a few days trailing a cheerful former subordinate, he takes up a neighborhood petition for a playground on a drained lot. Meaning wrested from paperwork.
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- influenced by ↑ The Death of Ivan Ilyich
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