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    Ikiru

    143'

    1952-10-09

    8.3

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

    Drama

    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.

    DirectingAkira KurosawaWritingShinobu Hashimoto

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    Cast

    2

    Kanji Watanabe

    Takashi Shimura

    1

    Sakai

    Haruo Tanaka

    2

    Mitsuo, son of Kanji

    Nobuo Kaneko

    1

    Ohara

    Bokuzen Hidari

    1

    Toyo

    Miki Odagiri

    1

    Kimura

    Shinichi Himori

    2

    Noguchi

    Minoru Chiaki

    1

    Subordinate Clerk Saito

    Minosuke Yamada

    2

    Sub-Section Chief Ono

    Kamatari Fujiwara

    1

    Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

    Makoto Kobori

    2

    Deputy Mayor

    Nobuo Nakamura

    1

    Patient

    Atsushi Watanabe

    1

    Intern

    Isao Kimura

    2

    Doctor

    Masao Shimizu

    1

    Novelist

    Yūnosuke Itō

    1

    The Maid

    Yoshie Minami

    1

    Tatsu Watanabe

    Kumeko Urabe

    1

    Housewife

    Eiko Miyoshi

    1

    Housewife

    Noriko Honma

    1

    Bar Hostess

    Yatsuko Tan'ami

    1

    Housewife

    Kin Sugai

    1

    Kazue Watanabe

    Kyôko Seki

    1

    City Assemblyman

    Kusuo Abe

    1

    Newspaperman

    Tomo'o Nagai

    2

    Yakuza Boss

    Seiji Miyaguchi

    2

    Yakuza

    Daisuke Katō

    1

    Yakuza

    Hiroshi Hayashi

    1

    Newspaperman

    Fuyuki Murakami

    1

    Newspaperman

    Hirayoshi Aono

    1

    Park Section Chief

    Toranosuke Ogawa

    1

    Worker in General Affairs

    Akira Sera

    1

    Policeman

    Ichirō Chiba

    1

    Bar Owner

    Akira Tani

    1

    Worker in Sewage Section

    Yōyō Kojima

    1

    Pianist

    Toshiyuki Ichimura

    1

    Dancer

    Harue Kuramoto

    1

    Stripper

    Rasa Saya

    1

    Baseball Spectator

    Taizō Fukami

    1

    Civil Engineering Section Staff

    Tateo Kawasaki

    1

    Park Division Staff

    Keiichirō Katsumoto

    1

    Cabaret Woman

    Haruko Toyama

    1

    Yakuza (uncredited)

    Sachio Sakai

    1

    Yakuza (uncredited)

    Shōichi Hirose

    1

    Yakuza (uncredited)

    Kôji Uno

    1

    Housewife (uncredited)

    Yaeko Izumo

    1

    City Hall Executive (uncredited)

    Jirô Mitsuaki

    1

    General Manager (uncredited)

    Sôkichi Maki

    1

    Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)

    Haruo Suzuki

    1

    (uncredited)

    Takeo Nagashima

    1

    (uncredited)

    Kazuo Imai

    1

    (uncredited)

    Shigeo Katō

    1

    Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)

    Hiroshi Akitsu

    1

    Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)

    Ippei Kawagoe

    1

    City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)

    Mitsuo Tsuda

    1

    Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)

    Keiji Sakakida

    1

    Fire Department Staff (uncredited)

    Takuzō Kumagai

    1

    (uncredited)

    Tsuneo Katagiri

    1

    Patient (uncredited)

    Junpei Natsuki

    1

    Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)

    Hiroshi Koizumi

    1

    (uncredited)

    Jun'ichirō Mukai

    1

    Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

    Sōjirō Motoki

    1

    Schoolgirl (uncredited)

    Kyoko Aoyama

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    Details:

    • Budget: 85000
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 55240
    • List of countries:
      1. Japan
    • List of languages:
      1. Japanese
    • List of companies:
      1. TOHO
    • Vote Count: 1426
    • Popularity: 9.1825
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:生きる

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