Ikiru
“A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...”
MovieReleased
1952
2h 23m
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.
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writer
Akira Kurosawa
Studio
TOHO
Budget
$0M
Revenue
$0M
Vote Count
1,381
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 Sa...
Kamatari Fujiwara
Sub-Section Chief On...
Makoto Kobori
Kiichi Watanabe, Kan...
Nobuo Nakamura
Deputy Mayor
Atsushi Watanabe
Patient
Isao Kimura
Intern
Masao Shimizu
Doctor
Yūnosuke Itō
Novelist
Yoshie Minami
The Maid
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