Ikiru

“He is simply passing time, not truly living. He is merely killing time.”
"I'm not afraid of death, I just don't want to waste my life."
I'm so sick of seeing wasted potential in films over and over again. This had so much potential it was literally going to be one of my-

The urge to squeeze out all of what’s left from the very last bit of your life. To want it to make sense. To want it to mean something. To want to live.
This is my first and forever favorite Kurosawa movie.

It’s a beautifully told story of a hard working man. I love how it built up from just plain “boring” working, until finding what is the meaning of life and fully enjoying it to the fullest. While it may look and feel boring, I think it purposefully is. Beautiful film. 9/10

so good

god help me I want to live

I thought it was a lil boring but it had me reflecting and shit on life