Ikiru (1952)

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Ikiru on IMDb 8.3/10 51,575 votes

Released:
1952-10-09

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.

Director:
Akira Kurosawa

Runtime:
2h 23min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Takashi Shimura
    as
    Kanji Watanabe
  • Haruo Tanaka
    as
    Sakai
  • Nobuo Kaneko
    as
    Mitsuo, son of Kanji
  • Bokuzen Hidari
    as
    Ohara
  • Miki Odagiri
    as
    Toyo