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