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Ikiru

Akira Kurosawa

1952 • 2h 23m

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.

Ikiru
Ikiru (1952) Original Trailer [4K]
Cast
Takashi Shimura
Takashi ShimuraKanji Watanabe
Haruo Tanaka
Haruo TanakaSakai
Nobuo Kaneko
Nobuo KanekoMitsuo, son of Kanji
Bokuzen Hidari
Bokuzen HidariOhara
Miki Odagiri
Miki OdagiriToyo
Shinichi Himori
Shinichi HimoriKimura
Minoru Chiaki
Minoru ChiakiNoguchi
Minosuke Yamada
Minosuke YamadaSubordinate Clerk Saito
Kamatari Fujiwara
Kamatari FujiwaraSub-Section Chief Ono
Makoto Kobori
Makoto KoboriKiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Nobuo Nakamura
Nobuo NakamuraDeputy Mayor
Atsushi Watanabe
Atsushi WatanabePatient
Isao Kimura
Isao KimuraIntern
Masao Shimizu
Masao ShimizuDoctor
Yūnosuke Itō
Yūnosuke ItōNovelist
Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Akira KurosawaDirector
Asakazu Nakai
Asakazu NakaiDirector of Photography
Shinobu Hashimoto
Shinobu HashimotoScreenplay
Sōjirō Motoki
Sōjirō MotokiProducer
Fumio Hayasaka
Fumio HayasakaOriginal Music Composer
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