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Ikiru (1952)

Original Title: 生きる

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Rating
Genres
Drama
Runtime
2h 23min
Age rating
PG
Director
Akira Kurosawa

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
Noriko Honma
Housewife
Yatsuko Tan'ami
Bar Hostess
Kin Sugai
Housewife
Kyôko Seki
Kazue Watanabe
Kusuo Abe
City Assemblyman
Tomo'o Nagai
Newspaperman
Seiji Miyaguchi
Yakuza Boss
Daisuke Katô
Yakuza
Hiroshi Hayashi
Yakuza
Fuyuki Murakami
Newspaperman
Hirayoshi Aono
Newspaperman
Toranosuke Ogawa
Park Section Chief
Akira Sera
Worker in General Affairs
Ichirô Chiba
Policeman
Akira Tani
Bar Owner
Yôyô Kojima
Worker in Sewage Section
Toshiyuki Ichimura
Pianist
Harue Kuramoto
Dancer
Rasa Saya
Stripper
Junpei Natsuki
Hand-Washing Cancer Patient
Sachio Sakai
Yakuza
Taizō Fukami
Baseball spectator
Tateo Kawasaki
Civil Engineering Section Staff
Keiichirô Katsumoto
Park Division staff
Haruko Toyama
Cabaret Woman
Shôichi Hirose
Yakuza
Kôji Uno
Yakuza
Yaeko Izumo
Houswife
Jirô Mitsuaki
City Hall Executive
Sôkichi Maki
General Manager
Haruo Suzuki
Sanitation Division Receptionist
Takeo Nagashima
Kazuo Imai
Shigeo Katô
Hiroshi Akitsu
Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff
Ippei Kawagoe
Road Section Receptionist
Mitsuo Tsuda
City Planning Receptionist
Keiji Sakakida
Land Readjustment Section Receptionist
Takuzô Kumagai
Fire department staff
Tsuneo Katagiri
Junpei Natsuki
Patient
Kyoko Yoshizawa
Nurse
Hiroshi Koizumi
Jazz Bar Guest
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Sôjirô Motoki
Narrator
Kyôko Aoyama
Schoolgirl

Synopsis

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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