Ikiru
Ikiru

Ikiru

1952-10-09 - 143 minutes

8.31 / 10

Overview

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.

Screenplay

Director - Akira Kurosawa

Genres

Drama

Videos

Ikiru (1952) Original Trailer

Trailer

Ikiru - The Moment He Started

Clip

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Cast

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Kanji Watanabe

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Minosuke Yamada

Minosuke Yamada

Subordinate Clerk Saito

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Sub-Section Chief Ono

Makoto Kobori

Makoto Kobori

Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Deputy Mayor

Kumeko Urabe

Kumeko Urabe

Tatsu Watanabe

Eiko Miyoshi

Eiko Miyoshi

Housewife

Noriko Honma

Noriko Honma

Housewife

Yatsuko Tan'ami

Yatsuko Tan'ami

Bar Hostess

Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai

Housewife

Kyôko Seki

Kyôko Seki

Kazue Watanabe

Kusuo Abe

Kusuo Abe

City Assemblyman

Tomo'o Nagai

Tomo'o Nagai

Newspaperman

Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi

Yakuza Boss