Ikiru
“A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...”
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay / Story
Shinobu Hashimoto
Music Composer
Fumio Hayasaka
Cinematography
Asakazu Nakai
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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Production Budget
$85,000
Worldwide Box Office
$55,240
Original Language
JA
Production Country
Japan
Content Rating
PG-13
Release Status
Released
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Top Cast
Takashi Shimura
Kanji Watanabe
Haruo Tanaka
Sakai
Nobuo Kaneko
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Bokuzen Hidari
Ohara
Miki Odagiri
Toyo
Shinichi Himori
Kimura
Minoru Chiaki
Noguchi
Minosuke Yamada
Subordinate Clerk Saito
Kamatari Fujiwara
Sub-Section Chief Ono
Makoto Kobori
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
