Ikiru

Ikiru

1952
2h 23m
8.3

8.3/10

1,327 votes • View on IMDb

"A big story of a little man which will grip your soul..."

Overview

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.

Status: Released

Revenue: $55,240

Language: JA

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Cast

Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura

Kanji Watanabe

Haruo Tanaka
Haruo Tanaka

Sakai

Nobuo Kaneko
Nobuo Kaneko

Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari
Bokuzen Hidari

Ohara

Miki Odagiri
Miki Odagiri

Toyo

Shinichi Himori
Shinichi Himori

Kimura

Minoru Chiaki
Minoru Chiaki

Noguchi

Minosuke Yamada
Minosuke Yamada

Subordinate Clerk Saito

Kamatari Fujiwara
Kamatari Fujiwara

Sub-Section Chief Ono

Makoto Kobori
Makoto Kobori

Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Nobuo Nakamura
Nobuo Nakamura

Deputy Mayor

Atsushi Watanabe
Atsushi Watanabe

Patient

Key Crew

Akira Kurosawa
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay
Sōjirō Motoki
Producer
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay