Message from ljacques

[Anonymous]

The review of this movie reminds me of a book I read, "The Seven People You Meet In Heaven" I believe is the title. It is about a man who dies, and as he travels through heaven he encounters 7 people whose lives he effected in very specific ways during his own life. Not all of the encounters were good, but it brought perspective and a sort of closure to his own life as he traveled through heaven to his ultimate destination. This is not a book set in Asia, or with an Asian author, but I find it very interesting that the ideas in the book and the movie IKIRU transcend culture. The movie IKIRU by Kurosawa sounds so familiar to me, but it is because of this book. Humans are humans, no matter where they are born. A wonderful thing to be reminded of, and to remind our students. High School students might benefit from reading the book and drawing contrasts/comparisons between it and the movie IKIRU.