Ikiru
E424004
Ikiru is a 1952 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa that follows a terminally ill bureaucrat’s search for meaning in his final days.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ikiru canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4245828 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ikiru Context triple: [Akira Kurosawa, notableWork, Ikiru]
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A.
Rashōmon
Rashōmon is a seminal short story by Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that explores moral ambiguity and human desperation in a decaying Kyoto.
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B.
Man of a Thousand Faces
Man of a Thousand Faces is a 1957 biographical film dramatizing the life and career of legendary character actor and makeup pioneer Lon Chaney.
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C.
Otaru
Otaru is a historic port city in northern Japan known for its picturesque canal, preserved Meiji- and Taishō-era architecture, and fresh seafood.
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D.
Inujima
Inujima is a small Japanese island in the Seto Inland Sea known for its contemporary art installations, preserved industrial ruins, and role in the Setouchi Triennale art festival.
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E.
Days of Heaven
Days of Heaven is a 1978 American romantic drama film directed by Terrence Malick, renowned for its poetic storytelling and stunning cinematography depicting early 20th-century rural America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ikiru Target entity description: Ikiru is a 1952 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa that follows a terminally ill bureaucrat’s search for meaning in his final days.
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A.
Rashōmon
Rashōmon is a seminal short story by Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that explores moral ambiguity and human desperation in a decaying Kyoto.
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B.
Man of a Thousand Faces
Man of a Thousand Faces is a 1957 biographical film dramatizing the life and career of legendary character actor and makeup pioneer Lon Chaney.
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C.
Otaru
Otaru is a historic port city in northern Japan known for its picturesque canal, preserved Meiji- and Taishō-era architecture, and fresh seafood.
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D.
Inujima
Inujima is a small Japanese island in the Seto Inland Sea known for its contemporary art installations, preserved industrial ruins, and role in the Setouchi Triennale art festival.
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E.
Days of Heaven
Days of Heaven is a 1978 American romantic drama film directed by Terrence Malick, renowned for its poetic storytelling and stunning cinematography depicting early 20th-century rural America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | inspired by Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich ⓘ |
| castMember |
Haruo Tanaka
NERFINISHED
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Miki Odagiri NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobuo Kaneko NERFINISHED ⓘ Shinichi Himori NERFINISHED ⓘ Takashi Shimura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterOccupation | bureaucrat ⓘ |
| cinematography | Asakazu Nakai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| director | Akira Kurosawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Toho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Koichi Iwashita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| englishTitle | To Live NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| filmSeries | Akira Kurosawa filmography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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humanist film ⓘ |
| hasColor | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasTitleInLanguage | Ikiru (Japanese) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Living (2022 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActor | Takashi Shimura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Kanji Watanabe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Fumio Hayasaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
confrontation with mortality
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search for meaning in life ⓘ |
| notableFor | portrayal of a civil servant seeking meaning ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| plotElement |
public park construction project
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terminal illness diagnosis ⓘ |
| producer | Sojiro Motoki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Toho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1952 ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | classic of world cinema ⓘ |
| releaseCountry | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtime | 143 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Akira Kurosawa
NERFINISHED
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Hideo Oguni NERFINISHED ⓘ Shinobu Hashimoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
bureaucracy
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death ⓘ existentialism ⓘ redemption ⓘ social responsibility ⓘ |
| timePeriod | postwar Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ikiru Description of subject: Ikiru is a 1952 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa that follows a terminally ill bureaucrat’s search for meaning in his final days.
Referenced by (5)
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