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Ikiru

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Calorie Rating: 201
Released: 1952-10-09
Running Time: 143 Minutes
Revenue 55240
Studios: TOHO,


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.

Director / Directors



Cast

Takashi Shimura
Character: Kanji Watanabe
Haruo Tanaka
Character: Sakai
Nobuo Kaneko
Character: Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari
Character: Ohara
Miki Odagiri
Character: Toyo
Shinichi Himori
Character: Kimura

Minoru Chiaki
Character: Noguchi
Minosuke Yamada
Character: Subordinate Clerk Saito
Kamatari Fujiwara
Character: Sub-Section Chief Ono

Makoto Kobori
Character: Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Nobuo Nakamura
Character: Deputy Mayor
Atsushi Watanabe
Character: Patient

Isao Kimura
Character: Intern
Masao Shimizu
Character: Doctor
Yūnosuke Itō
Character: Novelist

Yoshie Minami
Character: The Maid
Kumeko Urabe
Character: Tatsu Watanabe
Eiko Miyoshi
Character: Housewife

Noriko Honma
Character: Housewife
Yatsuko Tan'ami
Character: Bar Hostess
Kin Sugai
Character: Housewife

Kyôko Seki
Character: Kazue Watanabe
Kusuo Abe
Character: City Assemblyman
Tomo'o Nagai
Character: Newspaperman

Seiji Miyaguchi
Character: Yakuza Boss
Daisuke Katō
Character: Yakuza
Hiroshi Hayashi
Character: Yakuza

Fuyuki Murakami
Character: Newspaperman
Hirayoshi Aono
Character: Newspaperman
Toranosuke Ogawa
Character: Park Section Chief

Akira Sera
Character: Worker in General Affairs
Ichirō Chiba
Character: Policeman
Akira Tani
Character: Bar Owner

Yōyō Kojima
Character: Worker in Sewage Section
Toshiyuki Ichimura
Character: Pianist
Harue Kuramoto
Character: Dancer

Rasa Saya
Character: Stripper
Taizō Fukami
Character: Baseball Spectator
Tateo Kawasaki
Character: Civil Engineering Section Staff

Keiichirô Katsumoto
Character: Park Division Staff
Haruko Toyama
Character: Cabaret Woman
Sachio Sakai
Character: Yakuza (uncredited)

Shōichi Hirose
Character: Yakuza (uncredited)
Kôji Uno
Character: Yakuza (uncredited)
Yaeko Izumo
Character: Housewife (uncredited)

Jirô Mitsuaki
Character: City Hall Executive (uncredited)
Sôkichi Maki
Character: General Manager (uncredited)
Haruo Suzuki
Character: Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)

Takeo Nagashima
Character: (uncredited)
Kazuo Imai
Character: (uncredited)
Shigeo Katô
Character: (uncredited)

Hiroshi Akitsu
Character: Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)
Ippei Kawagoe
Character: Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Mitsuo Tsuda
Character: City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)

Keiji Sakakida
Character: Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Takuzō Kumagai
Character: Fire Department Staff (uncredited)
Tsuneo Katagiri
Character: (uncredited)

Junpei Natsuki
Character: Patient (uncredited)
Hiroshi Koizumi
Character: Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Character: (uncredited)

Sōjirō Motoki
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Kyoko Aoyama
Character: Schoolgirl (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay


Shinji Kojima
Lighting Technician
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor
Akio Nojima
Set Decoration

Hideo Oguni
Screenplay