Akira Kurosawa--Music for Film: Ikiru

[mitzipars]

watching clips of shimura sing the great Ikiru song brings back many memories of interviewing the great actor (along with mifune and kurusawa) during filming of seven samurai. After a press viewing of the uncut Shichinin no Samura I told kurusawa I thought Rashomon and Ikiru in many ways greater films. Nearly 60 years later I still think so. Both Shimuraand Mifune had a great liking for my English cigarettes. John Rickard mitzipars

[sukkot54]

Shimura's character is a bureaucrat, not a businessman, just for point of fact. thanks for the posting.

[Brendanvio]

Any chance you can put on the music at the end of the film please?

[Dave1136]

Thank you for that information!

This is a movie experience I will always cherish!

[somjit]

The genius of Kurosawa. Thanks for the music.

[Dave1136]

Thank you for that lovely music from IKIRU!

Do you have the link of the star of the film singing that beautiful song?

[elsastico]

@Dave1136@Dave1136

"Hello , Dave ! The star is Takashi Shimura . Here we have one more brilliant performance of this great actor . The song he sings is " GONDOLA NO UTA " . Kalani4433 shared a video intituled " Mid-life crisis from Kurosawa " , showing Shimura singing , it' s absolutely heartbreaking ( but I don't agree with the title , this scene shows much more than a "mid-life crisis " , look at the dancers : they are looking death in the face .)

[elsastico]

@Dave1136

P.S. "GONDOLA NO UTA " , sung by Satsuki Yukino , has been shared by Megaiyume11 , amazing too !