about adapting the screenplay. Jim Sheridan agreed to direct the film in 2004, though it has not been produced. A British remake titled Living, adapted by Kazuo Ishiguro, directed by Oliver Hermanus, and starring Bill Nighy, was released in 2022. References Bibliography External links Ikiru'' at the Japanese Movie Database Ikiru Many Autumns Later an essay by Pico Iyer at the Criterion Collection To the Tune of Mortality: “The Gondola Song” in Ikiru an essay by Geoffrey O’Brien 1952 drama films 1952 films Best Film Kinema Junpo Award winners Films about cancer Films about death Films about old age Films based on short fiction Films based on works by Leo Tolstoy Films directed by Akira Kurosawa Films produced by Sōjirō Motoki Films scored by Fumio Hayasaka Films set in Tokyo Japanese black-and-white films Japanese drama films 1950s Japanese-language films Films with screenplays by Akira Kurosawa Films with screenplays by Hideo Oguni Films with screenplays by Shinobu Hashimoto Social realism in film Toho films Films about bureaucracy Works about meaning of life 1950s Japanese films