Ikiru poster

Feature film — 1952

Ikiru (1952)

8.32h 23mDrama

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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Director: Akira Kurosawa

On screen

Cast & crew

Takashi Shimura as Kanji Watanabe

Takashi Shimura

Kanji Watanabe

Haruo Tanaka as Sakai

Haruo Tanaka

Sakai

Nobuo Kaneko as Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Nobuo Kaneko

Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari as Ohara

Bokuzen Hidari

Ohara

Miki Odagiri as Toyo

Miki Odagiri

Toyo

Shinichi Himori as Kimura

Shinichi Himori

Kimura

Minoru Chiaki as Noguchi

Minoru Chiaki

Noguchi

Minosuke Yamada as Subordinate Clerk Saito

Minosuke Yamada

Subordinate Clerk Saito

Kamatari Fujiwara as Sub-Section Chief Ono

Kamatari Fujiwara

Sub-Section Chief Ono

Makoto Kobori as Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Makoto Kobori

Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Nobuo Nakamura as Deputy Mayor

Nobuo Nakamura

Deputy Mayor

Atsushi Watanabe as Patient

Atsushi Watanabe

Patient

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