Quotes About Ikiru

CLIFF'S TOP KUROSAWA FILMS (tie) Seven Samurai and Ikiru Yojimbo Throne of Blood Stray Dog The Bad Sleep Well (for the opening scene alone)

Kurosawa is my hero, and I've taught courses on his films, and I love what he does, and 'Rashomon' is, I think, his second greatest film after 'Ikiru.'

The expected vertical line of Ikiru's narrative breaks when Kurosawa does a flash-forward in the middle of the film.