Ikiru
Date & Time
Location Main Campus | Law Building
Film Information
| Theater | Brown Auditorium Theater, digital |
| Directed by | Akira Kurosawa |
| Year | 1952 |
| Length | 143 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese with English subtitles |
Call for Questions 713-639-7531
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Ikiru
Date & Time
Location Main Campus | Law Building
Film Information
| Theater | Brown Auditorium Theater, digital |
| Directed by | Akira Kurosawa |
| Year | 1952 |
| Length | 143 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese with English subtitles |
Ikiru shows director Akira Kurosawa at his most compassionate—affirming life through an exploration of death. Takashi Shimura beautifully portrays an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer who is impelled to find meaning in his final days. Presented in a radically conceived two-part structure and shot with a perceptive, humanistic clarity of vision, Ikiru is a multifaceted look at what it means to be alive.
Tickets
- $9 general admission; $7 MFAH members, students with ID, seniors (65+)
Plan Your Visit
- This screening takes place in Brown Auditorium Theater in the Law Building.
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Call for Questions 713-639-7531
Email Your Questions [email protected]
Community Partner: Japan-American Society of Houston
Underwriting for the Film Department is provided by Tenaris and American Friends of Fundacion Proa Inc., The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation, and the Vaughn Foundation.
Generous funding is provided by The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea; Foundation for Independent Media Arts; Nina and Michael Zilkha; Lois Chiles; Franci Neely; Carrin Patman and Jim Derrick; Ms. Laurence Unger; and ILEX Foundation.