Ikiru
movie
A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
Released October 09, 1952
Genres:
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.
Cast
Takashi Shimura
as
Kanji Watanabe
Haruo Tanaka
as
Sakai
Nobuo Kaneko
as
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Bokuzen Hidari
as
Ohara
Miki Odagiri
as
Toyo
Shinichi Himori
as
Kimura
Minoru Chiaki
as
Noguchi
Minosuke Yamada
as
Subordinate Clerk Saito
Kamatari Fujiwara
as
Sub-Section Chief Ono
Makoto Kobori
as
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Nobuo Nakamura
as
Deputy Mayor
Atsushi Watanabe
as
Patient
Crew
Akira Kurosawa
as
Director
Asakazu Nakai
as
Director of Photography
Akira Kurosawa
as
Editor
Shinobu Hashimoto
as
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
as
Screenplay
Sōjirō Motoki
as
Producer
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Shinji Kojima
as
Lighting Technician
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Ichirô Minawa
as
Sound Effects Editor
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Akio Nojima
as
Set Decoration
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Hideo Oguni
as
Screenplay
Fumio Hayasaka
as
Original Music Composer