Ikiru (1952)

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

Movie · Drama · 2h 23m · Rated 8.3/10 on TMDB · Released October 9, 1952

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.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Cast

• Takashi Shimura as Kanji Watanabe
• Haruo Tanaka as Sakai
• Nobuo Kaneko as Mitsuo, son of Kanji
• Bokuzen Hidari as Ohara
• Miki Odagiri as Toyo
• Shinichi Himori as Kimura
• Minoru Chiaki as Noguchi
• Minosuke Yamada as Subordinate Clerk Saito
• Kamatari Fujiwara as Sub-Section Chief Ono
• Makoto Kobori as Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
• Nobuo Nakamura as Deputy Mayor
• Atsushi Watanabe as Patient

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