Ikiru

Ikiru (1952)

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

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1952-10-09
  • User Rating: 8.3/10 from 1128 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 23min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: TOHO
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Akira Kurosawa
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Summary

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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  • 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

  • Isao Kimura

    as Intern

  • Masao Shimizu

    as Doctor

  • Yūnosuke Itō

    as Novelist

  • Yoshie Minami

    as The Maid

  • Kumeko Urabe

    as Tatsu Watanabe

  • Eiko Miyoshi

    as Housewife

  • Noriko Honma

    as Housewife

  • Yatsuko Tan'ami

    as Bar Hostess

  • Kin Sugai

    as Housewife

  • Kyôko Seki

    as Kazue Watanabe

  • Kusuo Abe

    as City Assemblyman

  • Tomo'o Nagai

    as Newspaperman

  • Seiji Miyaguchi

    as Yakuza Boss

  • Daisuke Katō

    as Yakuza

  • Hiroshi Hayashi

    as Yakuza

  • Fuyuki Murakami

    as Newspaperman

  • Hirayoshi Aono

    as Newspaperman

  • Toranosuke Ogawa

    as Park Section Chief

  • Akira Sera

    as Worker in General Affairs

  • Ichirō Chiba

    as Policeman

  • Akira Tani

    as Bar Owner

  • Yōyō Kojima

    as Worker in Sewage Section

  • Toshiyuki Ichimura

    as Pianist

  • Harue Kuramoto

    as Dancer

  • Rasa Saya

    as Stripper

  • Taizō Fukami

    as Baseball Spectator

  • Tateo Kawasaki

    as Civil Engineering Section Staff

  • Keiichirô Katsumoto

    as Park Division Staff

  • Haruko Toyama

    as Cabaret Woman

  • Sachio Sakai

    as Yakuza (uncredited)

  • Shōichi Hirose

    as Yakuza (uncredited)

  • Kôji Uno

    as Yakuza (uncredited)

  • Yaeko Izumo

    as Housewife (uncredited)

  • Jirô Mitsuaki

    as City Hall Executive (uncredited)

  • Sôkichi Maki

    as General Manager (uncredited)

  • Haruo Suzuki

    as Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)

  • Takeo Nagashima

    as (uncredited)

  • Kazuo Imai

    as (uncredited)

  • Shigeo Katô

    as (uncredited)

  • Hiroshi Akitsu

    as Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)

  • Ippei Kawagoe

    as Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)

  • Mitsuo Tsuda

    as City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)

  • Keiji Sakakida

    as Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)

  • Takuzō Kumagai

    as Fire Department Staff (uncredited)

  • Tsuneo Katagiri

    as (uncredited)

  • Junpei Natsuki

    as Patient (uncredited)

  • Hiroshi Koizumi

    as Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)

  • Jun'ichirō Mukai

    as (uncredited)

  • Sōjirō Motoki

    as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  • Kyoko Aoyama

    as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Directing Akira Kurosawa Director
Camera Asakazu Nakai Director of Photography
Editing Akira Kurosawa Editor
Writing Shinobu Hashimoto Screenplay
Writing Akira Kurosawa Screenplay
Sound Fumio Hayasaka Music
Production Sōjirō Motoki Producer
Lighting Shinji Kojima Lighting Technician
Sound Ichirô Minawa Sound Effects Editor
Art Akio Nojima Set Decoration
Writing Hideo Oguni Screenplay

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