Ikiru

8.3
Moderate
19522h 23m

Directed by

Overview

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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Takashi Shimura - Kanji Watanabe in Ikiru

Takashi Shimura

Kanji Watanabe

Haruo Tanaka - Sakai in Ikiru

Haruo Tanaka

Sakai

Nobuo Kaneko - Mitsuo, son of Kanji in Ikiru

Nobuo Kaneko

Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari - Ohara in Ikiru

Bokuzen Hidari

Ohara

Miki Odagiri - Toyo in Ikiru

Miki Odagiri

Toyo

Shinichi Himori - Kimura in Ikiru

Shinichi Himori

Kimura

Minoru Chiaki - Noguchi in Ikiru

Minoru Chiaki

Noguchi

Minosuke Yamada - Subordinate Clerk Saito in Ikiru

Minosuke Yamada

Subordinate Clerk Saito

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Movie Info

Release Date

October 9, 1952

Runtime

2h 23m

Rating

NR

Genres

Drama

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