"Ikiru" by Akira Kurosawa on the big screen at Campo Alegre Theatre

The long film "Ikiru" is another great film by one of the most acknowledged Japanese film directors of all times, Akira Kurosawa, and it premieres on 1st October, at the auditorium of Campo Alegre Theatre. This will be a first commercial premiere in Portugal.

The film tells the story of Kanji Watanabe, a municipal worker that is informed he has a cancer and he only has circa three months to live. Acknowledging the fact that he had done nothing worthy with his life, Watanabe commits to a project that will bring happiness to the community, by transforming a waste land in a park where children from the neighbourhood can play.

This film was nominated for the Golden Bear in the Berlin Film Festival, Special Prize of the Senate of Berlin, in 1954.

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