Please join the Stanford Catholic Film Group on Monday, December 8, to discuss “Ikiru” (1952). Directed by Akira Kurosawa, the film examines the struggles of a terminally ill Tokyo bureaucrat and his final quest for meaning. The screenplay was partly inspired by Leo Tolstoy’s 1886 novella “The Death of Ivan Ilyich.” Roger Ebert called Ikiru Kurosawa’s greatest film and in 1972, a Sight & Sound critics poll named Ikiru the 12th greatest film of all time, and it’s currently the 12th highest ranked film on Letterboxd. It was remade in 2022 in the UK as Living with Bill Nighy. We’ll be meeting at 7:30 on Zoom. It’s available very widely, including for free on Kanopy. Click here to find out how to watch. A Zoom link will be sent the day before, so if you’re not on the email list currently, send a message stating “I’m Interested” to StanfordYRCFilm@gmail.com. Everyone is invited!