Living

When a low-level older civil servant discovers that cancer has spread in his body and he only has a few months left, he rejuvenates and decides to implement a plan to establish a children's playroom that his office repeatedly rejected. He encounters his young colleagues which allows him to connect with feelings he thought were long gone. Ikiru is considered one of the pinnacles of Kurosawa's filmography - a parable about the necessity of immersing the mind and body in the river of life. Living is a British adaptation of this masterpiece. Kazuo Ishiguro's script and Bill Nighy's phenomenal performance revive this story to an exceptional result.