Ikiru

Akira Kurosawa 1952 (Eng. "To Live", suom. "Ikiru - tuomittu")

Such a protagonist for a film! Kurosawa is really great, this film is so wise! The protagonist's resolution was really surprising and profoundly ethical. I remarked the funeral part of the film bearing great resemblance to "12 Angry Men" I've seen before... and a quick check revealed that it had been directed 5 years after; so it's not difficult to tell if some influence has been passed on. The end was even to some extent predictable because of this.