Ikiru
生きる
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.
1952-10-09
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Cast
Director
Akira Kurosawa
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
Toshiyuki Ichimura as Pianist
Harue Kuramoto as Dancer
Taizō Fukami as Baseball Spectator
Keiichirō Katsumoto as Park Division Staff
Sachio Sakai as Yakuza (uncredited)
Shōichi Hirose as Yakuza (uncredited)
Haruo Suzuki as Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)
Shigeo Katō as (uncredited)
Keiji Sakakida as Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Takuzō Kumagai as Fire Department Staff (uncredited)
Hiroshi Koizumi as Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
Sōjirō Motoki as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Kyoko Aoyama as Schoolgirl (uncredited)