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Ikiru

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Ikiru

A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...

8.3

2h 23m

1952

“A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...”

Synopsis

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

Trailer

Drama

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Cast & Crew

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

as Kanji Watanabe

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka

as Sakai

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

as Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari

Bokuzen Hidari

as Ohara

Miki Odagiri

Miki Odagiri

as Toyo

Shinichi Himori

Shinichi Himori

as Kimura

Minoru Chiaki

Minoru Chiaki

as Noguchi

Minosuke Yamada

Minosuke Yamada

as Subordinate Clerk Saito

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

as Sub-Section Chief Ono

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