Ikiru

Ikiru

143 mins | Drama | Oct. 9, 1952

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.

Ikiru

143 mins | Drama | Oct. 9, 1952

Ikiru
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.
IMDb rating 8.3
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 生きる
Directors Akira Kurosawa
Writers Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa

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

Isao Kimura

as Intern

Masao Shimizu

as Doctor

Yūnosuke Itō

as Novelist

Yoshie Minami

as The Maid

Kumeko Urabe

as Tatsu Watanabe

Eiko Miyoshi

as Housewife

Noriko Honma

as Housewife

Yatsuko Tan'ami

as Bar Hostess

Kin Sugai

as Housewife

Kyôko Seki

as Kazue Watanabe

Kusuo Abe

as City Assemblyman

Tomo'o Nagai

as Newspaperman

Seiji Miyaguchi

as Yakuza Boss

Daisuke Katō

as Yakuza

Hiroshi Hayashi

as Yakuza

Fuyuki Murakami

as Newspaperman

Hirayoshi Aono

as Newspaperman

Toranosuke Ogawa

as Park Section Chief

Akira Sera

as Worker in General Affairs

Ichirô Chiba

as Policeman

Akira Tani

as Bar Owner

Yôyô Kojima

as Worker in Sewage Section

Toshiyuki Ichimura

as Pianist

Harue Kuramoto

as Dancer

Rasa Saya

as Stripper

Taizō Fukami

as Baseball Spectator

Tateo Kawasaki

as Civil Engineering Section Staff

Keiichirô Katsumoto

as Park Division Staff

Haruko Toyama

as Cabaret Woman

Sachio Sakai

as Yakuza (uncredited)

Shôichi Hirose

as Yakuza (uncredited)

Kôji Uno

as Yakuza (uncredited)

Yaeko Izumo

as Housewife (uncredited)

Jirô Mitsuaki

as City Hall Executive (uncredited)

Sôkichi Maki

as General Manager (uncredited)

Haruo Suzuki

as Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)

Takeo Nagashima

as (uncredited)

Kazuo Imai

as (uncredited)

Shigeo Katô

as (uncredited)

Hiroshi Akitsu

as Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)

Ippei Kawagoe

as Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)

Mitsuo Tsuda

as City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)

Keiji Sakakida

as Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)

Takuzō Kumagai

as Fire Department Staff (uncredited)

Tsuneo Katagiri

as (uncredited)

Junpei Natsuki

as Patient (uncredited)

Hiroshi Koizumi

as Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)

Jun'ichirō Mukai

as (uncredited)

Sōjirō Motoki

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Kyoko Aoyama

as Schoolgirl (uncredited)