Ikiru (1952)
Subtitles for: Ikiru (1952)
"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.
| Rate | ★ 8.3/10 (1,336 votes) |
| Genre | Drama |
| Duration | 2h 23m |
| Country | Japan |
| Release | 09 Oct 1952 |
| Language | JA |
| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
| Keywords | dying and death japan bureaucracy age difference praise office night life sense of life playground obsequies swing loneliness office politics black and white co-workers relationship infatuation wake public works bureaucrat thoughts of retirement |
| IMDb | tt0044741 ↗ |
| Type | Movie Released |
Cast
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Takashi Shimura
Kanji Watanabe
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Haruo Tanaka
Sakai
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Nobuo Kaneko
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
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Bokuzen Hidari
Ohara
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Miki Odagiri
Toyo
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Shinichi Himori
Kimura
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Minoru Chiaki
Noguchi
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Minosuke Yamada
Subordinate Clerk Saito
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Kamatari Fujiwara
Sub-Section Chief Ono
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Makoto Kobori
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
