Ikiru

I don’t know if I know myself well enough to understand why this effected me so much. I’m a sucker for stories of profound purpose found in small ways, and Ikiru is one of those, but most do not make me feel quite the way this did. I found myself crying at times without being fully certain of why, so you can imagine how I felt any time the ‘life is brief’ song came on (Gondola no Uta). I’ve never ever fallen for the emotional shot in the snow, but I’ve been had this time. Anyways, maybe at a later viewing my thoughts will come back to earth, but for now, Ikiru is one of the greatest films I’ve ever seen. I almost turned it off after half an hour. I’m so glad I didn’t.