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'.

Blue Dream, a dangerous new street drug, which causes its users to become homicidal maniacs, is sweeping the streets of Rotwood. Detective Savage is tasked with cleaning it up, however he has a deadly secret. Barry, an innocent man, crosses paths with the dirty, drugged-donut, detective, and now he's in for the fight of his life. These two men struggle for donuts, as the russian mob closes in, and a local drug dealer, Ranger Jim, slimes his way into the spot light. Do not miss the thrilling conclusion of, The Bastard.
'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'.
There is a lot of controversy around Q-force. It’s certainly not hard to see why—the series is quite hyperbolic. I will say, that was the first aspect I noticed on my initial watch. Right from the get-go Q-Force barrages you with gay joke after gay joke. This is hit or miss throughout the series.
It’s 2021 and what few LGBTQ+ films that are produced by major film studios continue to star cisgender heterosexual actors, rather than actual LGBTQ+ people.
In Paul Feig’s newest comedy, Last Christmas, Katarina (Emilia Clarke) didn’t give a heart, she got a heart, you see.