Ikiru
(1952)

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

Released: 1952-10-09

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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.

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Takashi Shimura

as Kanji Watanabe

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Haruo Tanaka

as Sakai

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Nobuo Kaneko

as Mitsuo, son of Kanji

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Bokuzen Hidari

as Ohara

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Miki Odagiri

as Toyo

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Shinichi Himori

as Kimura

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Minoru Chiaki

as Noguchi

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Minosuke Yamada

as Subordinate Clerk Saito

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Kamatari Fujiwara

as Sub-Section Chief Ono

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Makoto Kobori

as Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

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Nobuo Nakamura

as Deputy Mayor

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Atsushi Watanabe

as Patient

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Isao Kimura

as Intern

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Masao Shimizu

as Doctor

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Yūnosuke Itō

as Novelist

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Yoshie Minami

as The Maid

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Kumeko Urabe

as Tatsu Watanabe

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Eiko Miyoshi

as Housewife

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Noriko Honma

as Housewife

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Yatsuko Tan'ami

as Bar Hostess

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