Ikiru

Ikiru (1952)

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

Drama

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.

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  • Release Date: 1952-10-09
  • Runtime: 2h 23min
  • Director: Akira Kurosawa

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Takashi Shimura

      Kanji Watanabe

    • Haruo Tanaka

      Sakai

    • Nobuo Kaneko

      Mitsuo, son of Kanji

    • Bokuzen Hidari

      Ohara

    • Miki Odagiri

      Toyo

    • Shinichi Himori

      Kimura

    • Minoru Chiaki

      Noguchi

    • Minosuke Yamada

      Subordinate Clerk Saito

    • Kamatari Fujiwara

      Sub-Section Chief Ono

    • Makoto Kobori

      Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

    • Nobuo Nakamura

      Deputy Mayor

    • Atsushi Watanabe

      Patient

    • Isao Kimura

      Intern

    • Masao Shimizu

      Doctor

    • Yūnosuke Itō

      Novelist

    • Yoshie Minami

      The Maid

    • Kumeko Urabe

      Tatsu Watanabe

    • Eiko Miyoshi

      Housewife

    • Noriko Honma

      Housewife

    • Yatsuko Tan'ami

      Bar Hostess

    • Kin Sugai

      Housewife

    • Kyôko Seki

      Kazue Watanabe

    • Kusuo Abe

      City Assemblyman

    • Tomo'o Nagai

      Newspaperman

    • Seiji Miyaguchi

      Yakuza Boss

    • Daisuke Katō

      Yakuza

    • Hiroshi Hayashi

      Yakuza

    • Fuyuki Murakami

      Newspaperman

    • Hirayoshi Aono

      Newspaperman

    • Toranosuke Ogawa

      Park Section Chief

    • Akira Sera

      Worker in General Affairs

    • Ichirō Chiba

      Policeman

    • Akira Tani

      Bar Owner

    • Yōyō Kojima

      Worker in Sewage Section

    • Toshiyuki Ichimura

      Pianist

    • Harue Kuramoto

      Dancer

    • Rasa Saya

      Stripper

    • Taizō Fukami

      Baseball Spectator

    • Tateo Kawasaki

      Civil Engineering Section Staff

    • Keiichirō Katsumoto

      Park Division Staff

    • Haruko Toyama

      Cabaret Woman

    • Sachio Sakai

      Yakuza (uncredited)

    • Shōichi Hirose

      Yakuza (uncredited)

    • Kôji Uno

      Yakuza (uncredited)

    • Yaeko Izumo

      Housewife (uncredited)

    • Jirô Mitsuaki

      City Hall Executive (uncredited)

    • Sôkichi Maki

      General Manager (uncredited)

    • Haruo Suzuki

      Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)

    • Takeo Nagashima

      (uncredited)

    • Kazuo Imai

      (uncredited)

    • Shigeo Katō

      (uncredited)

    • Hiroshi Akitsu

      Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)

    • Ippei Kawagoe

      Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)

    • Mitsuo Tsuda

      City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)

    • Keiji Sakakida

      Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)

    • Takuzō Kumagai

      Fire Department Staff (uncredited)

    • Tsuneo Katagiri

      (uncredited)

    • Junpei Natsuki

      Patient (uncredited)

    • Hiroshi Koizumi

      Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)

    • Jun'ichirō Mukai

      (uncredited)

    • Sōjirō Motoki

      Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

    • Kyoko Aoyama

      Schoolgirl (uncredited)

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