Ikiru 1952
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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.
Videos & Photos
All 5 Videos & 245 Photoscast
Full Cast & Crew
as Kanji Watanabe

as Sakai

as Mitsuo, son of Kanji

as Ohara

as Toyo

as Kimura

as Noguchi

as Subordinate Clerk Saito

as Sub-Section Chief Ono

as Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Director:
Writer:
Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni
Stars:
Takashi Shimura, Haruo Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Bokuzen Hidari, Miki Odagiri, Shinichi Himori, Minoru Chiaki, Minosuke Yamada, Kamatari Fujiwara, Makoto Kobori,
Genres:
Drama
Release Date:
1952 (U.S.A)
Run Time:
143 min
MMPA Rating:
NR

Cast & Crew of
Ikiru
Directors & Credit Writers
Credit Writers
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Cast

as Kanji Watanabe

as Sakai

as Mitsuo, son of Kanji

as Ohara

as Toyo

as Kimura

as Noguchi

as Subordinate Clerk Saito

as Sub-Section Chief Ono

as Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

as Deputy Mayor

as Patient

as Intern

as Doctor

as Novelist

as The Maid

as Tatsu Watanabe

as Housewife

as Housewife

as Bar Hostess

as Housewife

as Kazue Watanabe

as City Assemblyman

as Newspaperman

as Yakuza Boss

as Yakuza

as Yakuza

as Newspaperman

as Newspaperman

as Park Section Chief

as Worker in General Affairs

as Policeman

as Bar Owner

as Worker in Sewage Section

as Pianist

as Dancer

as Stripper

as Baseball Spectator

as Civil Engineering Section Staff

as Park Division Staff

as Cabaret Woman

as Yakuza (uncredited)

as Yakuza (uncredited)

as Yakuza (uncredited)

as Housewife (uncredited)

as City Hall Executive (uncredited)

as General Manager (uncredited)

as Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)

as Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)

as City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)

as Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)

as Fire Department Staff (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Patient (uncredited)

as Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

as Schoolgirl (uncredited)