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

Ikiru

8.319522h 23mNR

Drama

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.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Behind the scenes

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CAST

The people behind the story

Takashi Shimura

Takashi ShimuraKanji Watanabe

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo TanakaSakai

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo KanekoMitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari

Bokuzen HidariOhara

Miki Odagiri

Miki OdagiriToyo

Shinichi Himori

Shinichi HimoriKimura

Minoru Chiaki

Minoru ChiakiNoguchi

Minosuke Yamada

Minosuke YamadaSubordinate Clerk Saito