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.
| Title | Ikiru |
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| Subtitle Available |
 ETC.
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| Release Date | Oct 09, 1952 |
| Genres | Drama, |
| Production Company | TOHO |
| Production Countries | Japan |
| Casts | Takashi Shimura, Haruo Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Bokuzen Hidari, Miki Odagiri, Shinichi Himori, Minoru Chiaki, Minosuke Yamada, Kamatari Fujiwara, Makoto Kobori, Nobuo Nakamura |
| Plot Keywords | dying and death, japan, bureaucracy, age difference, praise, office, night life, sense of life, playground, obsequies, swing, loneliness, office politics, black and white, infatuation, wake, public works, bureaucrat, thoughts of retirement, terminal cancer, city park, civil servant, monotonous life, accomplishments, office gossip, |
Kanji Watanabe
Takashi Shimura
Sakai
Haruo Tanaka
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Nobuo Kaneko
Ohara
Bokuzen Hidari
Toyo
Miki Odagiri
Kimura
Shinichi Himori
Noguchi
Minoru Chiaki
Subordinate Clerk Saito
Minosuke Yamada
Sub-Section Chief Ono
Kamatari Fujiwara
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Makoto Kobori
Deputy Mayor
Nobuo Nakamura
Patient
Atsushi Watanabe
Intern
Isao Kimura
Doctor
Masao Shimizu
Novelist
Yūnosuke Itō
The Maid
Yoshie Minami
Tatsu Watanabe
Kumeko Urabe
Housewife
Eiko Miyoshi
Housewife
Noriko Honma
Bar Hostess
Yatsuko Tan'ami
Housewife
Kin Sugai
Kazue Watanabe
Kyôko Seki
City Assemblyman
Kusuo Abe
Newspaperman
Tomo'o Nagai
Yakuza Boss
Seiji Miyaguchi
Yakuza
Daisuke Katō
Yakuza
Hiroshi Hayashi
Newspaperman
Fuyuki Murakami
Newspaperman
Hirayoshi Aono
Park Section Chief
Toranosuke Ogawa
Worker in General Affairs
Akira Sera
Policeman
Ichirō Chiba
Bar Owner
Akira Tani
Worker in Sewage Section
Yōyō Kojima
Pianist
Toshiyuki Ichimura
Dancer
Harue Kuramoto
Stripper
Rasa Saya
Baseball Spectator
Taizō Fukami
Civil Engineering Section Staff
Tateo Kawasaki
Park Division Staff
Keiichirō Katsumoto
Cabaret Woman
Haruko Toyama
Yakuza (uncredited)
Sachio Sakai
Yakuza (uncredited)
Shōichi Hirose
Yakuza (uncredited)
Kôji Uno
Housewife (uncredited)
Yaeko Izumo
City Hall Executive (uncredited)
Jirô Mitsuaki
General Manager (uncredited)
Sôkichi Maki
Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)
Haruo Suzuki
(uncredited)
Takeo Nagashima
(uncredited)
Kazuo Imai
(uncredited)
Shigeo Katō
Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)
Hiroshi Akitsu
Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Ippei Kawagoe
City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)
Mitsuo Tsuda
Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Keiji Sakakida
Fire Department Staff (uncredited)
Takuzō Kumagai
(uncredited)
Tsuneo Katagiri
Patient (uncredited)
Junpei Natsuki
Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
Hiroshi Koizumi
(uncredited)
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Sōjirō Motoki
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Kyoko Aoyama
