Ikiru
生きる
Release: 1952-10-09
·Runtime: 143m
·★ 8.3
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Masao Shimizu
as Doctor
Keiji Sakakida
as Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Nobuo Kaneko
as Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Tomo'o Nagai
as Newspaperman
Daisuke Katō
as Yakuza
Kin Sugai
as Housewife
Fuyuki Murakami
as Newspaperman
Sachio Sakai
as Yakuza (uncredited)
Minoru Chiaki
as Noguchi
Yūnosuke Itō
as Novelist
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Sub-Section Chief Ono
Kusuo Abe
as City Assemblyman
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Yakuza Boss
Toshiyuki Ichimura
as Pianist
Shōichi Hirose
as Yakuza (uncredited)
Bokuzen Hidari
as Ohara
Eiko Miyoshi
as Housewife
Yatsuko Tan'ami
as Bar Hostess
Hiroshi Hayashi
as Yakuza
Kyoko Aoyama
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Takashi Shimura
as Kanji Watanabe
Yoshie Minami
as The Maid
Takuzō Kumagai
as Fire Department Staff (uncredited)
Kumeko Urabe
as Tatsu Watanabe
Hirayoshi Aono
as Newspaperman
Shigeo Katō
as (uncredited)
Sōjirō Motoki
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Makoto Kobori
as Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Atsushi Watanabe
as Patient
Harue Kuramoto
as Dancer
Keiichirō Katsumoto
as Park Division Staff
Miki Odagiri
as Toyo
Minosuke Yamada
as Subordinate Clerk Saito
Nobuo Nakamura
as Deputy Mayor
Isao Kimura
as Intern
Hiroshi Koizumi
as Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
Toranosuke Ogawa
as Park Section Chief
Shinichi Himori
as Kimura
Noriko Honma
as Housewife
Kyôko Seki
as Kazue Watanabe
Taizō Fukami
as Baseball Spectator
Haruo Suzuki
as Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)
Haruo Tanaka
as Sakai
