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