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