Ikiru
A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
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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.
Box Office$60,239
AwardsNominated for 1 BAFTA Award6 wins & 2 nominations total
Cast
Takashi ShimuraKanji Watanabe
Haruo TanakaSakai
Nobuo KanekoMitsuo, son of Kanji
Bokuzen HidariOhara
Miki OdagiriToyo
Shinichi HimoriKimura
Minoru ChiakiNoguchi
Minosuke YamadaSubordinate Clerk Saito
Kamatari FujiwaraSub-Section Chief Ono
Makoto KoboriKiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Nobuo NakamuraDeputy Mayor
Atsushi WatanabePatientCrew
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
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Original Title生きる
Release DateOctober 9, 1952
Budget$85,000
Revenue$55,240
LanguagesJapanese
StudiosTOHO
