故事：

黑澤明創造了一個細膩、感人的故事，描述一個男人在自己在他膚淺生命的最後幾天，發掘自己生命的意義。志村喬是個公務員，他發現自己他得了癌症，最多只能再活一年。在這之前，他一直是嚴格地遵守書本的指示過生活，絕不允許稍許背離常規。現在知道他即將死亡，而兩個孩子不能給他任何慰藉，志村必須尋到一些東西來讓他覺得自己的生命並不是全然浪費的。在此，電影說到了一個母親團體，這個團體希望將一些被放棄的資產改建為公園，當志村想幫助這個團體能夠完成目標 - 而這個任務必須要他放掉過去曾嚴格堅持的官樣文章，他的心性從抑鬱轉為活潑。《生之慾》的關念雖然極為輕描淡寫，但整個的情緒衝擊卻十分強而有力，志村所飾演的角色充份地描寫出戰後日本的人性，雖然日本文化是黑澤明的主要目標，但這個容易被全世界的人所感受的主題，使得《生之慾》成為黑澤明最能被普世所接納的電影之一。

編 號:JDVD-006
節目名稱:生之慾
英文片名:IKIRU
日文片名： 生之慾

EVALUATION:★★★
Rrnning Time:140m
Language:Japan
Subtitle:Chinese/ English
B&W/Stereo/1952
4:3/DVD-5

Privilege: family
Class: common

Type: social realistic

Starring: Zhicunqiao Rishouxinyi
Screenwriter & Director: Heizemin Qiaobenren Xiaoguo Yingxiong
Camera: Zhongjing Chaoyi
Music: Zaobanwenxiong

Kurosawa created this delicate and moving story, which described a man who tried to find out the meaning of life in his last days.
Shimura was an officer. He had cancer and only one year left for him. Before, he strictly lived on the rules and instructions in the book with no deed breaking the rule at all. He knew he was going to die but his two children can give him no comfort. So he must find out something to fill his life then proved it was not a completely waste. There was a mother group in the film. This group hoped to change some given up land to a park. Shimura tried to help them. And in order to achieve this aim he must give up lots of rules before he strictly obey. His personality changed a lot. The theme of THE DESIRE OF LIFE was not a big one but the whole mood was powerful. The role of Shimura described the humanity of the Japanese after the war. The Japanese culture was the aim of Kurosawa. The moving theme made the film became on of the most acceptable films in the world.