Ikiru (1952)
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.
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Writers:
Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni.
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Takashi Shimura as Kanji Watanabe |
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Haruo Tanaka as Sakai |
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Nobuo Kaneko as Mitsuo, son of Kanji |
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Bokuzen Hidari as Ohara |
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Miki Odagiri as Toyo |
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Shinichi Himori as Kimura |
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Minoru Chiaki as Noguchi |
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Minosuke Yamada as Subordinate Clerk Saito |
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Kamatari Fujiwara as Sub-Section Chief Ono |
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Makoto Kobori as Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother |
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Nobuo Nakamura as Deputy Mayor |
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Atsushi Watanabe as Patient |
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Isao Kimura as Intern |
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Masao Shimizu as Doctor |
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Yūnosuke Itō as Novelist |
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Yoshie Minami as The Maid |
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Kumeko Urabe as Tatsu Watanabe |
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Eiko Miyoshi as Housewife |
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Noriko Honma as Housewife |
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Yatsuko Tan'ami as Bar Hostess |
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Kin Sugai as Housewife |
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Kyôko Seki as Kazue Watanabe |
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Kusuo Abe as City Assemblyman |
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Tomo'o Nagai as Newspaperman |
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Seiji Miyaguchi as Yakuza Boss |
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Daisuke Katō as Yakuza |
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Hiroshi Hayashi as Yakuza |
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Fuyuki Murakami as Newspaperman |
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Hirayoshi Aono as Newspaperman |
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Toranosuke Ogawa as Park Section Chief |
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Akira Sera as Worker in General Affairs |
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Ichirō Chiba as Policeman |
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Akira Tani as Bar Owner |
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Yōyō Kojima as Worker in Sewage Section |
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Toshiyuki Ichimura as Pianist |
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Harue Kuramoto as Dancer |
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Rasa Saya as Stripper |
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Taizō Fukami as Baseball Spectator |
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Tateo Kawasaki as Civil Engineering Section Staff |
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Keiichirō Katsumoto as Park Division Staff |
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Haruko Toyama as Cabaret Woman |
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Sachio Sakai as Yakuza (uncredited) |
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Shōichi Hirose as Yakuza (uncredited) |
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Kôji Uno as Yakuza (uncredited) |
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Yaeko Izumo as Housewife (uncredited) |
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Jirô Mitsuaki as City Hall Executive (uncredited) |
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Sôkichi Maki as General Manager (uncredited) |
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Haruo Suzuki as Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited) |
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Takeo Nagashima as (uncredited) |
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Kazuo Imai as (uncredited) |
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Shigeo Katō as (uncredited) |
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Hiroshi Akitsu as Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited) |
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Ippei Kawagoe as Road Section Receptionist (uncredited) |
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Mitsuo Tsuda as City Planning Receptionist (uncredited) |
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Keiji Sakakida as Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited) |
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Takuzō Kumagai as Fire Department Staff (uncredited) |
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Tsuneo Katagiri as (uncredited) |
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Junpei Natsuki as Patient (uncredited) |
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Hiroshi Koizumi as Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited) |
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Jun'ichirō Mukai as (uncredited) |
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Sōjirō Motoki as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Kyoko Aoyama as Schoolgirl (uncredited) |
| Camera | Asakazu Nakai | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Shinobu Hashimoto | Screenplay |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Screenplay |
| Editing | Akira Kurosawa | Editor |
| Production | Sōjirō Motoki | Producer |
| Directing | Akira Kurosawa | Director |
| Lighting | Shinji Kojima | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Ichirô Minawa | Sound Effects Editor |
| Art | Akio Nojima | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Hideo Oguni | Screenplay |
| Sound | Fumio Hayasaka | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Hideo Nishizaki | Sound Recordist |
