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Ikiru (1952)

ALL 10/09/1952 (ja) Drama 143 Min
  • Release
    10/09/1952
  • Production
    TOHO
  • Rotten tomato
    83.09%
  • Original title
    生きる
  • Original language
    ja
  • Production Cost
  • 55,240.00
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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.

  1. Akira Kurosawa

    Director

  2. Story

  4. Sōjirō Motoki

    Producer



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  1. Takashi Shimura

    Kanji Watanabe

  2. Haruo Tanaka

    Sakai

  3. Nobuo Kaneko

    Mitsuo, son of Kanji

  4. Bokuzen Hidari

    Ohara

  5. Miki Odagiri

    Toyo

  6. Shinichi Himori

    Kimura

  7. Minoru Chiaki

    Noguchi

  8. Minosuke Yamada

    Subordinate Clerk Saito

  9. Kamatari Fujiwara

    Sub-Section Chief Ono

  10. Makoto Kobori

    Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

  11. Nobuo Nakamura

    Deputy Mayor

  12. Atsushi Watanabe

    Patient

  13. Isao Kimura

    Intern

  14. Masao Shimizu

    Doctor

  15. Yūnosuke Itō

    Novelist

  16. Yoshie Minami

    The Maid

  17. Kumeko Urabe

    Tatsu Watanabe

  18. Eiko Miyoshi

    Housewife

  19. Noriko Honma

    Housewife

  20. Yatsuko Tan'ami

    Bar Hostess

  21. Kin Sugai

    Housewife

  22. Kyôko Seki

    Kazue Watanabe

  23. Kusuo Abe

    City Assemblyman

  24. Tomo'o Nagai

    Newspaperman

  25. Seiji Miyaguchi

    Yakuza Boss

  26. Daisuke Katō

    Yakuza

  27. Hiroshi Hayashi

    Yakuza

  28. Fuyuki Murakami

    Newspaperman

  29. Hirayoshi Aono

    Newspaperman

  30. Toranosuke Ogawa

    Park Section Chief

  31. Akira Sera

    Worker in General Affairs

  32. Ichirō Chiba

    Policeman

  33. Akira Tani

    Bar Owner

  34. Yōyō Kojima

    Worker in Sewage Section

  35. Toshiyuki Ichimura

    Pianist

  36. Harue Kuramoto

    Dancer

  37. Rasa Saya

    Stripper

  38. Taizō Fukami

    Baseball Spectator

  39. Tateo Kawasaki

    Civil Engineering Section Staff

  40. Keiichirô Katsumoto

    Park Division Staff

  41. Haruko Toyama

    Cabaret Woman

  42. Sachio Sakai

    Yakuza (uncredited)

  43. Shōichi Hirose

    Yakuza (uncredited)

  44. Kôji Uno

    Yakuza (uncredited)

  45. Yaeko Izumo

    Housewife (uncredited)

  46. Jirô Mitsuaki

    City Hall Executive (uncredited)

  47. Sôkichi Maki

    General Manager (uncredited)

  48. Haruo Suzuki

    Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)

  49. Takeo Nagashima

    (uncredited)

  50. Kazuo Imai

    (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 62 , Crews : 11

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Ikiru (1952) 143 Min

ALL 10/09/1952 (ja)
Drama
  • Release 10/09/1952
  • Production
    TOHO
  • Original title 生きる
  • ja
  • Revenue55,240.00

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.

  1. Akira Kurosawa

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Akira Kurosawa

    Editor

  4. Sōjirō Motoki

    Producer



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