Film
Ikiru
1952 · 2h 23m · Drama
A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
- IMDb
- 8.3
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 98%
- Metacritic
- 92
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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.
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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
Crew
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay · Editor · Director
- Shinobu HashimotoScreenplay
- Hideo OguniScreenplay
- Sōjirō MotokiProducer
- Asakazu NakaiDirector of Photography
- Fumio HayasakaOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 9, 1952
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 2h 23m
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $85,000
- Revenue
- $55,240
- Genres
- Drama
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