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[Machine Translation] Akira Kurosawa's immortal masterpiece "Ikiru" (1952) will be revived set in post-World War II England! Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro, known for his novels "The Remains of the Day" and "Watashi wo Watashi wo Sasanai" (Do not let go of me), says that Kurosawa's film had an impact on him when he was young, and that he has been influenced by the message of the film in his life. He wrote the screenplay and created a new "Ikiru" in this depressing era. Directed by Oliver Hermanus, who won the Queer Palme at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011 for Beauty. --The year is 953. London is still recovering from World War II. Williams (Bill Nighy), a civil servant, takes the same train to work today. He is a so-called "uptight" English gentleman, dressed in a pinstriped suit and wearing a high hat. He works in the civic section of the city office and is always busy with paperwork while his subordinates are always sniffing at him. He feels lonely at home and feels that his life is empty and meaningless. Then one day, he is diagnosed with cancer by a doctor and learns that he has only six months to live. He says goodbye to the days when he was nothing but a cog in the wheel and begins to look at his life in a new light. He decides to live a full life before it is too late. He abandons his job and goes to a seaside resort to drink and frolic, but something doesn't feel right. Illness consumes his body... Returning to London, he meets Margaret ( Amy Lou Wood ), who used to work for him. She is now full of vitality, eager to test her strength in society. He is attracted to her, and as he spends some small time with her, he decides to take a new step forward as if he had an epiphany. This step will eventually change the people around him, who had been indifferent to him.

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黒澤明の不朽の名作『生きる』(1952年)が第二次世界大戦後のイギリスを舞台に蘇る!! 小説「日の名残り」「わたしを離さないで」などで知られるノーベル賞作家カズオ・イシグロは、若かりし頃にこの黒澤映画に衝撃を受け、映画が持つそのメッセージに影響されて生きてきたと語る。そんな彼が脚本を手掛け、この鬱屈した時代に新しい『生きる』を誕生させた。監督は、2011年に『Beauty』(原題)でカンヌ国際映画祭のクィア・パルムを受賞したオリヴァー・ハーマナス。――953年。第二次世界大戦後、いまだ復興途上のロンドン。公務員のウィリアムズ(ビル・ナイ)は、今日も同じ列車の同じ車両で通勤する。ピン・ストライプの背広に身を包み、山高帽を目深に被ったいわゆる"お堅い"英国紳士だ。役所の市民課に勤める彼は、部下に煙たがられながら事務処理に追われる毎日。家では孤独を感じ、自分の人生を空虚で無意味なものだと感じていた。そんなある日、彼は医者から癌であることを宣告され、余命半年であることを知る――。彼は歯車でしかなかった日々に別れを告げ、自分の人生を見つめ直し始める。手遅れになる前に充実した人生を手に入れようと。仕事を放棄し、海辺のリゾートで酒を飲みバカ騒ぎをしてみるが、なんだかしっくりこない。病魔は彼の身体を蝕んでいく・・・。ロンドンに戻った彼は、かつて彼の下で働いていたマーガレット(エイミー・ルー・ウッド)に再会する。今の彼女は社会で自分の力を試そうとバイタリティに溢れていた。そんな彼女に惹かれ、ささやかな時間を過ごすうちに、彼はまるで啓示を受けたかのように新しい一歩を踏み出すことを決意。その一歩は、やがて無関心だったまわりの人々をも変えることになる――。

特典: 予告編集 (特報・予告編・TVスポット)