1. Personal transformation through an encounter with death: a study of Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru on its fiftieth anniversary Record type: document Document type: article Document author(s): Francis G. Lu, M.D. Publication date: 2006 Document source: Journal of Transpersonal Psychology Number of pages: 10 Related films: Ikiru (To live) — Kurosawa, Akira — Japan — 1952