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