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Ikiru

1952143 min 8.3 TMDBIMDb ↗Released

“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.

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Release / first air1952-10-09
Original languageJA
GenresDrama
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
WriterShinobu Hashimoto
Budget$85,000
Revenue$55,240
ProductionTOHO

Cast & Crew

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10 cast members
Takashi ShimuraTakashi ShimuraKanji Watanabe
Haruo TanakaHaruo TanakaSakai
Nobuo KanekoNobuo KanekoMitsuo, son of Kanji
Bokuzen HidariBokuzen HidariOhara
Miki OdagiriMiki OdagiriToyo
Shinichi HimoriShinichi HimoriKimura
Minoru ChiakiMinoru ChiakiNoguchi
Minosuke YamadaMinosuke YamadaSubordinate Clerk Saito
Kamatari FujiwaraKamatari FujiwaraSub-Section Chief Ono
Makoto KoboriMakoto KoboriKiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

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#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#terminal cancer#city park#civil servant#monotonous life#accomplishments#office gossip#depressing

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