Ikiru

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

  • Rated 8.3 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1952
  • 2h 23m
  • Drama

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.

Director
Akira Kurosawa
Starring
Takashi Shimura, Haruo Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Bokuzen Hidari

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

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