Ikiru

Ikiru 1952

生きる

★ 8.3TMDB 2h 23min Director: Akira Kurosawa

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.

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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
Nobuo Nakamura
Nobuo Nakamura Deputy Mayor
Atsushi Watanabe
Atsushi Watanabe Patient
Isao Kimura
Isao Kimura Intern
Masao Shimizu
Masao Shimizu Doctor
Yūnosuke Itō
Yūnosuke Itō Novelist
Yoshie Minami
Yoshie Minami The Maid
Kumeko Urabe
Kumeko Urabe Tatsu Watanabe
Eiko Miyoshi
Eiko Miyoshi Housewife

Crew

Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writers
Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni
Producers
Sōjirō Motoki
Cinematography
Asakazu Nakai
Editing
Akira Kurosawa
Composer
Fumio Hayasaka

Details

Release date
Oct 9, 1952
Runtime
143 min
Status
Released
Budget
$85,000
Revenue
$55,240
Studios
TOHO
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese

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