Kurosawa’s ‘Ikiru’ Comes Back to Life in ‘Living’
'Living' dives into many themes that we can all understand regardless of our cultural backgrounds. We can see this through the shared similarities between 'Ikiru' and 'Living'.

Danny Jones was a racing driver, the fastest of the Jones Boys. After taking the fall for a heist gone wrong we find him fresh out of prison.Danny returns home to find his father dead, his mother ill and his brother Séan missing. When he learns that Séan lost the family garage gambling and has landed himself in deep trouble with a local gangster over unpaid debts, Danny is thrust back into the world of British motor racing in a desperate attempt to clear the family name and win it all back. With their lives on the line, and an angry gangster on their tail, the only way out is past the chequered flag.
'Living' dives into many themes that we can all understand regardless of our cultural backgrounds. We can see this through the shared similarities between 'Ikiru' and 'Living'.
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Strangers in a crowd, exchanging glances, looking away, continually managing to run into each other then part ways, end up at the same diner, find they've rented the exact same vehicles, and are then made to travel together to learn once more whether they can both find genuine adoration and companionship again. This really does, in so many words, sum up the foundational gist of of this new feature film from writer Seth Reiss ("The Menu") and director Kogonada ("The Acolyte", "After Yang"). Yet, it's all only the set-up for the REAL wonder of everything that happens before, during, and in the aftermath of a magical, meaningful journey.