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