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Ikiru

Ikiru (1952)

Movie2 h 23 mDrama
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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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At a glance

Original title
生きる
Release date
October 9, 1952
Runtime
2 h 23 m
Genres
Drama
Country
Japan
Director
Akira Kurosawa
TMDB rating
8.3/10

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

  • Nobuo Nakamura

    Nobuo Nakamura

    Deputy Mayor

  • Atsushi Watanabe

    Atsushi Watanabe

    Patient

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