Ikiru(1952)
生きる
A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
8.3(1,359)2h 23m1952-10-09
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.
- Director:
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writers:
- Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni
- Producers:
- Sōjirō Motoki
- Cinematographer:
- Asakazu Nakai
- Composer:
- Fumio Hayasaka
- Production:
- TOHO
- Budget:
- $85,000
- Revenue:
- $55,240
- Status:
- Released
Trailer
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
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