Ikiru

Kurosawa's 1952 masterpiece Ikiru is one of the films I'm looking at for my dissertation.

Here's the iconic swing scene...

And these are the words from the song he sings to himself...

Life is brief

Fall in love, sweet maiden

Before your red lips fade, before passion cools

For there will be no tomorrow

Fall in love, sweet maiden

While your hair is black, while your heart is still aflame

For today will never return