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Ikiru [生きる]

Release Year
1952
Runtime
2h 23m
Genres
Drama
Directed By
Akira Kurosawa
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.

Cast & Crew

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

Crew

Akira Kurosawa

Director

Shinobu Hashimoto

Screenplay

Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay

Hideo Oguni

Screenplay

Asakazu Nakai

Director of Photography

Fumio Hayasaka

Original Music Composer

Akira Kurosawa

Editor

Sōjirō Motoki

Producer

Shinji Kojima

Lighting Technician

Ichirô Minawa

Sound Effects Editor

Akio Nojima

Set Decoration

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