Living (2022) — Screenplay
A dying bureaucrat in postwar Britain seeks meaning beyond his paper-pushing life before time runs out.
- Written by
- Kazuo Ishiguro, Akira Kurosawa
- Genre
- Drama
- Studio
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- Length
- 109 pages
This adaptation of Kurosawa's Ikiru reframes the existential crisis through postwar British reserve, offering a masterclass in quiet character revelation. Study how Ishiguro's dialogue and Williams's understated arc build emotional weight through bureaucratic detail and small, pointed gestures.
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