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Ikiru (1952)

2h 23m · 9 Oct 1952

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

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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.

Movie ID158591
GenreDrama
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
Main castTakashi Shimura, Haruo Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Bokuzen Hidari, Miki Odagiri, Shinichi Himori, Minoru Chiaki, Minosuke Yamada
Release date9 October 1952
Release year1952
LanguageJapanese
Duration143 min (2h 23m)
Rating8.3 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseTOHO

Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writers: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni

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Takashi ShimuraKanji Watanabe Haruo TanakaSakai Nobuo KanekoMitsuo, son of Kanji Bokuzen HidariOhara Miki OdagiriToyo Shinichi HimoriKimura Minoru ChiakiNoguchi Minosuke YamadaSubordinate Clerk Saito Kamatari FujiwaraSub-Section Chief Ono Makoto KoboriKiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother Nobuo NakamuraDeputy Mayor Atsushi WatanabePatient Isao KimuraIntern Masao ShimizuDoctor Yūnosuke ItōNovelist Yoshie MinamiThe Maid Kumeko UrabeTatsu Watanabe Eiko MiyoshiHousewife Noriko HonmaHousewife Yatsuko Tan'amiBar Hostess

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