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Ikiru

生きる

9 Oct 1952 2h 23min 12 8.3/10 (1,429) JA
Drama

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

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
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
Music
Fumio Hayasaka
Cinematography
Asakazu Nakai
Editing
Akira Kurosawa
Producer
Sōjirō Motoki
Countries
JP

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

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Also available in: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden

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