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Ikiru

Film1952

Drama
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Director
Akira Kurosawa
Language
Japanese
Released
1952-10-09
Runtime
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8.31,373 votes on TMDB

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The story

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
    Takashi ShimuraKanji Watanabe
  • Haruo Tanaka
    Haruo TanakaSakai
  • Nobuo Kaneko
    Nobuo KanekoMitsuo, son of Kanji
  • Bokuzen Hidari
    Bokuzen HidariOhara
  • Miki Odagiri
    Miki OdagiriToyo
  • Shinichi Himori
    Shinichi HimoriKimura
  • Minoru Chiaki
    Minoru ChiakiNoguchi
  • Minosuke Yamada
    Minosuke YamadaSubordinate Clerk Saito
  • Kamatari Fujiwara
    Kamatari FujiwaraSub-Section Chief Ono
  • Makoto Kobori
    Makoto KoboriKiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother