Ikiru
A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
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Cast and Crew
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
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay
Sōjirō Motoki
Producer
Akio Nojima
Set Decoration
Shinji Kojima
Lighting Technician
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Ikiru
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.
Orignal Title
生きる
Orignal Language
ja
Duration
143 minutes
Genre
Drama
Status
Released
Release Data
1952-10-09
Revenue
$55240
Production Companies
TOHO
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