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Ikiru
Release Date: October 09, 1952
| Year | : | 1952 |
| Slogan | : | «A big story of a little man which will grip your soul ...» |
| Genres | : | Drama |
| Production Companies | : | TOHO |
| Director | : | Akira Kurosawa |
| Producers | : | Sōjirō Motoki |
| Writers | : | Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni |
| RunTime | : | 143 mins. |
| Revenue | : | 55240 |
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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Trailer: Ikiru (1952) Original Trailer [4K]
Clip: Ikiru - The Moment He Started Living
Main Actors
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
Ichirô 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)
Shôichi 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)
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