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