Ikiru/YMMV

The following are Subjective Tropes relating to Ikiru.


 * Crowning Moment of Awesome: On the way to the deputy mayor's office, Watanabe gets slammed hard in the stomach by some Yakuza hired to scare him off. The thugs start walking away
 * This one scene is a real Acceptable Breaks From Reality moment as a person suffering from terminal stomach cancer would be convulsing in terrible pain on the floor, though there is the suggestion that Watanabe's force of will.
 * Tear Jerker: Watanabe hears a song from his childhood while out on the town, trying to drink away his sorrows with a friend. Tears fall from his eyes as he sings along with the familiar tune and remembers.
 * The end of the first act,
 * Arguably the entire film, though many instances of sadness are mixed with great joy.
 * And, of course, everything else in the movie is tear-jerking.
 * Woobie