Ikiru (1956)

  • NR
  • 03/25/1956 (US)
  • Drama
  • 2h 23m

A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...

Overview

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.

Shinobu Hashimoto

Screenplay

Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay, Director

Hideo Oguni

Screenplay

Cast

Takashi Shimura's headshot

Takashi Shimura

Kanji Watanabe
Haruo Tanaka's headshot

Haruo Tanaka

Sakai
Nobuo Kaneko's headshot

Nobuo Kaneko

Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Bokuzen Hidari's headshot

Bokuzen Hidari

Ohara
Miki Odagiri's headshot

Miki Odagiri

Toyo
Shinichi Himori's headshot

Shinichi Himori

Kimura
Minoru Chiaki's headshot

Minoru Chiaki

Noguchi
Minosuke Yamada's headshot

Minosuke Yamada

Subordinate Clerk Saito

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