Ikiru (1952)
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.
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Akira Kurosawa
Writing:
- Shinobu Hashimoto
- Akira Kurosawa
- Hideo Oguni
Stars:
Release Date: 1952-10-09
8.3/10
8.3/10
- Country: JP
- Language: 日本語
- Runtime: 143
- Revenue: $55,240
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Kanji Watanabe
Sakai
Ohara
Toyo
Noguchi
Subordinate Clerk Saito
Sub-Section Chief Ono
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Deputy Mayor
Patient
Intern
Doctor
Novelist
The Maid
Tatsu Watanabe
Housewife
Housewife
Bar Hostess
Housewife
Kazue Watanabe
City Assemblyman
Newspaperman
Yakuza Boss
Yakuza
Yakuza
Newspaperman
Newspaperman
Pianist
Dancer
Yakuza (uncredited)
Kimura
Baseball Spectator
Park Division Staff
Yakuza (uncredited)
Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Fire Department Staff (uncredited)
Nurse
Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
