Ikiru backdrop cover
Ikiru poster cover

Ikiru(1952)

10/09/1952 (JP)Drama2h 23m
83%

Movie Score

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

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.

Akira Kurosawa

Director

Movie Cast

Takashi Shimura photo

Takashi Shimura

Kanji Watanabe

Haruo Tanaka photo

Haruo Tanaka

Sakai

Nobuo Kaneko photo

Nobuo Kaneko

Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari photo

Bokuzen Hidari

Ohara

Miki Odagiri photo

Miki Odagiri

Toyo

Shinichi Himori photo

Shinichi Himori

Kimura

Minoru Chiaki photo

Minoru Chiaki

Noguchi

Minosuke Yamada photo

Minosuke Yamada

Subordinate Clerk Saito

Kamatari Fujiwara photo

Kamatari Fujiwara

Sub-Section Chief Ono

Makoto Kobori photo

Makoto Kobori

Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Nobuo Nakamura photo

Nobuo Nakamura

Deputy Mayor

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

BudgetNot Given

Revenue$55,240.00

Production CompanyTOHO

Original LanguageJapanese

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