Movie·1952·2h 23m
Ikiru
A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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// overview
The Story
Original title: 生きる
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.
Written By
Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
Producer
Sōjirō Motoki
Cinematography
Asakazu Nakai
Music
Fumio Hayasaka
Editor
Akira Kurosawa
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Takashi Shimura
Kanji Watanabe
Haruo Tanaka
Sakai
Nobuo Kaneko
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Bokuzen Hidari
Ohara
Miki Odagiri
Toyo
Shinichi Himori
Kimura
Minoru Chiaki
Noguchi
Minosuke Yamada
Subordinate Clerk Saito
Kamatari Fujiwara
Sub-Section Chief Ono
Makoto Kobori
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Nobuo Nakamura
Deputy Mayor
Atsushi Watanabe
Patient
Isao Kimura
Intern
Masao Shimizu
Doctor
Yūnosuke Itō
Novelist
Yoshie Minami
The Maid
Kumeko Urabe
Tatsu Watanabe
Eiko Miyoshi
Housewife
// crew
Crew
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay, Editor, Director
Sōjirō Motoki
Producer
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Fumio Hayasaka
Original Music Composer
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