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.

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Release date

9 Oct 1952

Runtime

2 h 23 min

• TMDB 8.3

Genres

• Drama

Director

Akira Kurosawa

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Countries

• JP

Cast

Takashi Shimuraas Kanji WatanabeHaruo Tanakaas SakaiNobuo Kanekoas Mitsuo, son of KanjiBokuzen Hidarias OharaMiki Odagirias ToyoShinichi Himorias KimuraMinoru Chiakias NoguchiMinosuke Yamadaas Subordinate Clerk SaitoKamatari Fujiwaraas Sub-Section Chief OnoMakoto Koborias Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Writers

Shinobu HashimotoAkira KurosawaHideo Oguni

Composer

Fumio Hayasaka

Cinematography

Asakazu Nakai

Studios

TOHO

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