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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

Keiichirō 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 Katō
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

Akio Nojima
Set Decoration

Shinji Kojima
Lighting Technician
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay

Fumio Hayasaka
Original Music Composer