In this Kurosawa classic, a self-centred Tokyo public official discovers he has only six months left to live. So what is he going to do? He contemplates suicide, tries hedonistic blowouts, but ultimately discovers a path to a life of meaning before death comes to take him away. An existential masterpiece that raises the ultimate carpe diem question of how to live a life without regret. Watch with a bottle of quality sake.
'I realise what they say about the nobility of misfortune is true. Your cancer has opened your eyes to your own life. We humans are so careless. We only realise how beautiful life is when we chance upon death.'
