Ikiru
A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
1952-10-09 | 143 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Takashi ShimuraKanji Watanabe
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Haruo TanakaSakai
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Nobuo KanekoMitsuo, son of Kanji
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Bokuzen HidariOhara
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Miki OdagiriToyo
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Shinichi HimoriKimura
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Minoru ChiakiNoguchi
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Minosuke YamadaSubordinate Clerk Saito
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Kamatari FujiwaraSub-Section Chief Ono
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Makoto KoboriKiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
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Nobuo NakamuraDeputy Mayor
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Atsushi WatanabePatient
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Isao KimuraIntern
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Masao ShimizuDoctor
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Yūnosuke ItōNovelist
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Yoshie MinamiThe Maid
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Kumeko UrabeTatsu Watanabe
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Eiko MiyoshiHousewife
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Noriko HonmaHousewife
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Yatsuko Tan'amiBar Hostess
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