- Original name: Ikiru
- Genre: drama
- Producer: O. Hermanus
- World premiere: 2021-2022
- Starring: B. Nighy, E. Lou Wood and others.
In 2021 or 2022, an English-language remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1952 drama Live will be released. It may not contain brutal samurai battles and vivid special effects created from thunder and lightning, but, nevertheless, this is one of Kurosawa's best works. The new version will be directed by Oliver Hermanus, and the script will be written by Kazuo Ishiguro, a Nobel Prize winner.
Plot
1952, London. The plot follows an aging official, William (Bill Nighy), who, on the eve of his retirement, finds out that he has cancer and does not have long to live. The viewer will watch a person wandering with the flow of life in search of something true and meaningful, to which one could hold on to the last days, measured for him on earth. He begins his quest for meaning in his monotonous life before it slips away. William finds solace with an energetic young colleague, played by Amy Lou Wood from Netflix's Sex Education.
Production
Directed by Oliver Hermanus (The Danger of Beauty, The Endless River, Shirley Adams).
Voiceover team:
- Screenplay: Kazuo Ishiguro ("At the End of the Day", "Don't Let Me Go");
- Producers: Stephen Woolley (Interview with the Vampire, Michael Collins, End of the Affair, Butcher Boy, Heat), Elizabeth Carlsen (When Did You Last See Your Father ?, Ladies in purple "," Youth "), etc.
Ishiguro:
“This story suggests that each of us has a responsibility to fill our lives with meaning and satisfaction. That no matter what, we must try to find a way to be proud and content with the life we are leading. I believe this story can mean a lot to many of us who are forced to spend long hours every day tethered to tables and screens, especially in this era of COVID. We are struggling to see what our individual contribution to this new film can be. ”
Filming location: Great Britain.
Actors
Leading roles:
- Bill Nighy (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Love Actually, Rock Wave, Boyfriend from the Future, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, The Big Game);
- Aimee Lou Wood ("Sex Education", "Uncle Vanya", "Louis Wayne").
Interesting Facts
Did you know:
- Rating of the original film "To Live" (Ikiru) 1952: KinoPoisk - 8.1, IMDb - 8.3. Director - Akira Kurosawa ("Red Beard", "Seven Samurai", "Heaven and Hell", "Dersu Uzala", "7 Samurai"). Box office: in the US - $ 55,240, in the world - $ 55,240. The exact release date and trailer for the new film "Live" are expected in 2021.
- Start of production - first half of 2021.
- Kurosawa's painting was inspired by Leo Tolstoy's story The Death of Ivan Ilyich.
