Ikiru
Ikiru

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Ikiru

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

8.3(1,294 votes)
1952
2h 23m
Drama
dying and deathjapanbureaucracyage differencepraiseofficenight lifesense of lifeplaygroundobsequies

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.

Trailer

Cast

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Kanji Watanabe

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka

Sakai

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari

Bokuzen Hidari

Ohara

Miki Odagiri

Miki Odagiri

Toyo

Shinichi Himori

Shinichi Himori

Kimura

Minoru Chiaki

Minoru Chiaki

Noguchi

Minosuke Yamada

Minosuke Yamada

Subordinate Clerk Saito

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Sub-Section Chief Ono

Makoto Kobori

Makoto Kobori

Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Directed by

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

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