Ikiru

Ikiru (1952)

8.3 | 09 Oct 1952 | Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Asakazu Nakai Director of Photography
Shinobu Hashimoto Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa Editor
Sōjirō Motoki Producer
Akira Kurosawa Director
Shinji Kojima Lighting Technician
Ichirô Minawa Sound Effects Editor
Akio Nojima Set Decoration
Hideo Oguni Screenplay

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Ikiru (1952) Cast & Crew

Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura
Kanji Watanabe
Nobuo Kaneko
Nobuo Kaneko
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Minosuke Yamada
Minosuke Yamada
Subordinate Clerk Saito
Kamatari Fujiwara
Kamatari Fujiwara
Sub-Section Chief Ono
Makoto Kobori
Makoto Kobori
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Ikiru (1952) Images

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