Ikiru

Ikiru

Drama

Storyline: 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.

Release Date: 1952-10-09

Original Language: ja

Original Title: 生きる

Status: Released

Runtime: 143 minutes

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

Rating: (1201 votes)

Budget: $0

Revenue: $55,240

Production Companies: TOHO

Spoken Languages: 日本語

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Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura (Kanji Watanabe)

36.40%

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka (Sakai)

20.30%

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko (Mitsuo, son of Kanji)

22.07%

Bokuzen Hidari

Bokuzen Hidari (Ohara)

23.87%

Miki Odagiri

Miki Odagiri (Toyo)

11.15%

Shinichi Himori

Shinichi Himori (Kimura)

14.39%

Minoru Chiaki

Minoru Chiaki (Noguchi)

36.33%

Minosuke Yamada

Minosuke Yamada (Subordinate Clerk Saito)

14.78%

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara (Sub-Section Chief Ono)

27.40%

Makoto Kobori

Makoto Kobori (Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother)

6.87%

Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura (Deputy Mayor)

18.84%

Atsushi Watanabe

Atsushi Watanabe (Patient)

13.67%

Isao Kimura

Isao Kimura (Intern)

19.43%

Masao Shimizu

Masao Shimizu (Doctor)

23.28%

Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō (Novelist)

20.36%

Yoshie Minami

Yoshie Minami (The Maid)

13.88%

Kumeko Urabe

Kumeko Urabe (Tatsu Watanabe)

17.34%

Eiko Miyoshi

Eiko Miyoshi (Housewife)

17.76%

Noriko Honma

Noriko Honma (Housewife)

16.13%

Yatsuko Tan'ami

Yatsuko Tan'ami (Bar Hostess)

18.81%

Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai (Housewife)

19.95%

Kyôko Seki

Kyôko Seki (Kazue Watanabe)

3.52%

Kusuo Abe

Kusuo Abe (City Assemblyman)

16.16%

Tomo'o Nagai

Tomo'o Nagai (Newspaperman)

12.80%

Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi (Yakuza Boss)

23.99%

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō (Yakuza)

26.78%

Hiroshi Hayashi

Hiroshi Hayashi (Yakuza)

13.21%

Fuyuki Murakami

Fuyuki Murakami (Newspaperman)

18.51%

Hirayoshi Aono

Hirayoshi Aono (Newspaperman)

5.11%

Toranosuke Ogawa

Toranosuke Ogawa (Park Section Chief)

12.96%

Akira Sera

Akira Sera (Worker in General Affairs)

10.69%

Ichirō Chiba

Ichirō Chiba (Policeman)

10.97%

Akira Tani

Akira Tani (Bar Owner)

16.67%

Yōyō Kojima

Yōyō Kojima (Worker in Sewage Section)

5.52%

Toshiyuki Ichimura

Toshiyuki Ichimura (Pianist)

6.21%

Harue Kuramoto

Harue Kuramoto (Dancer)

2.19%

Rasa Saya

Rasa Saya (Stripper)

1.33%

Taizō Fukami

Taizō Fukami (Baseball Spectator)

8.99%

Tateo Kawasaki

Tateo Kawasaki (Civil Engineering Section Staff)

5.52%

Keiichirō Katsumoto

Keiichirō Katsumoto (Park Division Staff)

10.67%

Haruko Toyama

Haruko Toyama (Cabaret Woman)

5.05%

Sachio Sakai

Sachio Sakai (Yakuza (uncredited))

21.51%

Shōichi Hirose

Shōichi Hirose (Yakuza (uncredited))

14.76%

Kôji Uno

Kôji Uno (Yakuza (uncredited))

12.40%

Yaeko Izumo

Yaeko Izumo (Housewife (uncredited))

7.92%

Jirô Mitsuaki

Jirô Mitsuaki (City Hall Executive (uncredited))

6.49%

Sôkichi Maki

Sôkichi Maki (General Manager (uncredited))

5.17%

Haruo Suzuki

Haruo Suzuki (Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited))

15.79%

Takeo Nagashima

Takeo Nagashima ((uncredited))

2.90%

Kazuo Imai

Kazuo Imai ((uncredited))

10.84%

Shigeo Katō

Shigeo Katō ((uncredited))

13.91%

Hiroshi Akitsu

Hiroshi Akitsu (Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited))

8.76%

Ippei Kawagoe

Ippei Kawagoe (Road Section Receptionist (uncredited))

2.04%

Mitsuo Tsuda

Mitsuo Tsuda (City Planning Receptionist (uncredited))

11.23%

Keiji Sakakida

Keiji Sakakida (Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited))

12.18%

Takuzō Kumagai

Takuzō Kumagai (Fire Department Staff (uncredited))

12.54%

Tsuneo Katagiri

Tsuneo Katagiri ((uncredited))

6.48%

Junpei Natsuki

Junpei Natsuki (Patient (uncredited))

10.51%

Hiroshi Koizumi

Hiroshi Koizumi (Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited))

23.81%

Jun'ichirō Mukai

Jun'ichirō Mukai ((uncredited))

12.92%

Sōjirō Motoki

Sōjirō Motoki (Narrator (voice) (uncredited))

9.11%

Kyoko Aoyama

Kyoko Aoyama (Schoolgirl (uncredited))

13.63%

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