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