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Ikiru

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

8.319522h 23mReleased1,376 votes

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
Country:
Japan
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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

  • Kumeko Urabe

    Tatsu Watanabe

  • Eiko Miyoshi

    Housewife

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