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Minoru Chiaki
Reviews Featuring Minoru Chiaki
Cold War fear, Japanese style.
Trauma, identity and metamorphosis in the land of the rising sun (and the falling bomb).
Iconic Japanese cinema nearly at it best but Ikiru just falls short of greatness because of a rambling, over-melodramatic climax. Well-worth a watch though for Watanabe's performance, iconic scenes and interesting themes.
Arguably Akira Kurosawa's best work has it all - epic action, a simple, measured plot and one cool hero. Anyone who calls himself a man will want to be a Samurai after watching this.
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