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Ikiru

Ikiru

A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
Oct 09, 1952 2h 23m
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1174 votes

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.

Title Ikiru
Companies TOHO
Countries Japan
Keywords dying and death, japan, bureaucracy, age difference, praise, office, night life, sense of life, playground, obsequies, swing, loneliness, office politics, infatuation, wake, public works, bureaucrat, thoughts of retirement, terminal cancer, city park, civil servant, monotonous life, accomplishments, office gossip
Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Kanji Watanabe
Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Minosuke Yamada

Minosuke Yamada

Subordinate Clerk Saito
Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Sub-Section Chief Ono
Makoto Kobori

Makoto Kobori

Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Deputy Mayor
Kumeko Urabe

Kumeko Urabe

Tatsu Watanabe
Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai

Housewife
Kyôko Seki

Kyôko Seki

Kazue Watanabe
Kusuo Abe

Kusuo Abe

City Assemblyman
Tomo'o Nagai

Tomo'o Nagai

Newspaperman
Fuyuki Murakami

Fuyuki Murakami

Newspaperman
Hirayoshi Aono

Hirayoshi Aono

Newspaperman
Toranosuke Ogawa

Toranosuke Ogawa

Park Section Chief
Akira Sera

Akira Sera

Worker in General Affairs
Akira Tani

Akira Tani

Bar Owner
Yōyō Kojima

Yōyō Kojima

Worker in Sewage Section
Rasa Saya

Rasa Saya

Stripper
Taizō Fukami

Taizō Fukami

Baseball Spectator
Tateo Kawasaki

Tateo Kawasaki

Civil Engineering Section Staff
Keiichirô Katsumoto

Keiichirô Katsumoto

Park Division Staff
Haruko Toyama

Haruko Toyama

Cabaret Woman
Sachio Sakai

Sachio Sakai

Yakuza (uncredited)
Shōichi Hirose

Shōichi Hirose

Yakuza (uncredited)
Kôji Uno

Kôji Uno

Yakuza (uncredited)
Yaeko Izumo

Yaeko Izumo

Housewife (uncredited)
Jirô Mitsuaki

Jirô Mitsuaki

City Hall Executive (uncredited)
Sôkichi Maki

Sôkichi Maki

General Manager (uncredited)
Haruo Suzuki

Haruo Suzuki

Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)
Takeo Nagashima

Takeo Nagashima

(uncredited)
Kazuo Imai

Kazuo Imai

(uncredited)
Shigeo Katô

Shigeo Katô

(uncredited)
Hiroshi Akitsu

Hiroshi Akitsu

Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)
Ippei Kawagoe

Ippei Kawagoe

Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Mitsuo Tsuda

Mitsuo Tsuda

City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)
Keiji Sakakida

Keiji Sakakida

Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Takuzō Kumagai

Takuzō Kumagai

Fire Department Staff (uncredited)
Tsuneo Katagiri

Tsuneo Katagiri

(uncredited)
Junpei Natsuki

Junpei Natsuki

Patient (uncredited)
Hiroshi Koizumi

Hiroshi Koizumi

Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
Sōjirō Motoki

Sōjirō Motoki

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Kyoko Aoyama

Kyoko Aoyama

Schoolgirl (uncredited)