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1952

IKIRU

A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...

Drama
83

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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.

Director: Akira Kurosawa
Runtime: 143 minutes
Budget: $0
Box Office: $55.24 thousand
Vote Average: 83

Cast

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Takashi Shimura

Kanji Watanabe

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Haruo Tanaka

Sakai

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Nobuo Kaneko

Mitsuo, son of Kanji

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Bokuzen Hidari

Ohara

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Miki Odagiri

Toyo

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Shinichi Himori

Kimura

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Minoru Chiaki

Noguchi

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Minosuke Yamada

Subordinate Clerk Saito

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Kamatari Fujiwara

Sub-Section Chief Ono

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Makoto Kobori

Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

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Nobuo Nakamura

Deputy Mayor

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Atsushi Watanabe

Patient

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Isao Kimura

Intern

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Masao Shimizu

Doctor

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Yūnosuke Itō

Novelist

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Yoshie Minami

The Maid

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Kumeko Urabe

Tatsu Watanabe

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Eiko Miyoshi

Housewife

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Noriko Honma

Housewife

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Yatsuko Tan'ami

Bar Hostess

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Kin Sugai

Housewife

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Kyôko Seki

Kazue Watanabe

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Kusuo Abe

City Assemblyman

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Tomo'o Nagai

Newspaperman

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Seiji Miyaguchi

Yakuza Boss

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Daisuke Katō

Yakuza

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Hiroshi Hayashi

Yakuza

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Fuyuki Murakami

Newspaperman

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Hirayoshi Aono

Newspaperman

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Toranosuke Ogawa

Park Section Chief

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Akira Sera

Worker in General Affairs

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Ichirō Chiba

Policeman

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Akira Tani

Bar Owner

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Yōyō Kojima

Worker in Sewage Section

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Toshiyuki Ichimura

Pianist

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Harue Kuramoto

Dancer

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Rasa Saya

Stripper

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Taizō Fukami

Baseball Spectator

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Tateo Kawasaki

Civil Engineering Section Staff

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Keiichirō Katsumoto

Park Division Staff

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Haruko Toyama

Cabaret Woman

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Sachio Sakai

Yakuza (uncredited)

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Shōichi Hirose

Yakuza (uncredited)

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Kôji Uno

Yakuza (uncredited)

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Yaeko Izumo

Housewife (uncredited)

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Jirô Mitsuaki

City Hall Executive (uncredited)

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Sôkichi Maki

General Manager (uncredited)

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Haruo Suzuki

Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)

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Takeo Nagashima

(uncredited)

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Kazuo Imai

(uncredited)

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Shigeo Katō

(uncredited)

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Hiroshi Akitsu

Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)

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Ippei Kawagoe

Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)

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Mitsuo Tsuda

City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)

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Keiji Sakakida

Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)

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Takuzō Kumagai

Fire Department Staff (uncredited)

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Tsuneo Katagiri

(uncredited)

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Junpei Natsuki

Patient (uncredited)

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Hiroshi Koizumi

Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)

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Jun'ichirō Mukai

(uncredited)

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Sōjirō Motoki

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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Kyoko Aoyama

Schoolgirl (uncredited)

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