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: (1170 votes)

Budget: $0

Revenue: $55,240

Production Companies: TOHO

Spoken Languages: 日本語

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Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura (Kanji Watanabe)

39.48%

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka (Sakai)

77.14%

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko (Mitsuo, son of Kanji)

25.32%

Bokuzen Hidari

Bokuzen Hidari (Ohara)

42.36%

Miki Odagiri

Miki Odagiri (Toyo)

32.77%

Shinichi Himori

Shinichi Himori (Kimura)

14.32%

Minoru Chiaki

Minoru Chiaki (Noguchi)

31.44%

Minosuke Yamada

Minosuke Yamada (Subordinate Clerk Saito)

7.63%

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara (Sub-Section Chief Ono)

21.86%

Makoto Kobori

Makoto Kobori (Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother)

7.85%

Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura (Deputy Mayor)

24.58%

Atsushi Watanabe

Atsushi Watanabe (Patient)

24.84%

Isao Kimura

Isao Kimura (Intern)

24.20%

Masao Shimizu

Masao Shimizu (Doctor)

31.88%

Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō (Novelist)

34.96%

Yoshie Minami

Yoshie Minami (The Maid)

15.90%

Kumeko Urabe

Kumeko Urabe (Tatsu Watanabe)

17.94%

Eiko Miyoshi

Eiko Miyoshi (Housewife)

10.85%

Noriko Honma

Noriko Honma (Housewife)

13.98%

Yatsuko Tan'ami

Yatsuko Tan'ami (Bar Hostess)

17.75%

Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai (Housewife)

44.89%

Kyôko Seki

Kyôko Seki (Kazue Watanabe)

2.21%

Kusuo Abe

Kusuo Abe (City Assemblyman)

13.19%

Tomo'o Nagai

Tomo'o Nagai (Newspaperman)

11.62%

Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi (Yakuza Boss)

38.39%

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō (Yakuza)

27.51%

Hiroshi Hayashi

Hiroshi Hayashi (Yakuza)

12.89%

Fuyuki Murakami

Fuyuki Murakami (Newspaperman)

11.52%

Hirayoshi Aono

Hirayoshi Aono (Newspaperman)

1.00%

Toranosuke Ogawa

Toranosuke Ogawa (Park Section Chief)

11.28%

Akira Sera

Akira Sera (Worker in General Affairs)

2.48%

Ichirō Chiba

Ichirō Chiba (Policeman)

6.48%

Akira Tani

Akira Tani (Bar Owner)

10.16%

Yōyō Kojima

Yōyō Kojima (Worker in Sewage Section)

10.85%

Toshiyuki Ichimura

Toshiyuki Ichimura (Pianist)

13.84%

Harue Kuramoto

Harue Kuramoto (Dancer)

1.00%

Rasa Saya

Rasa Saya (Stripper)

1.00%

Taizō Fukami

Taizō Fukami (Baseball Spectator)

7.80%

Tateo Kawasaki

Tateo Kawasaki (Civil Engineering Section Staff)

5.38%

Keiichirô Katsumoto

Keiichirô Katsumoto (Park Division Staff)

16.18%

Haruko Toyama

Haruko Toyama (Cabaret Woman)

3.71%

Sachio Sakai

Sachio Sakai (Yakuza (uncredited))

10.34%

Shōichi Hirose

Shōichi Hirose (Yakuza (uncredited))

3.70%

Kôji Uno

Kôji Uno (Yakuza (uncredited))

3.17%

Yaeko Izumo

Yaeko Izumo (Housewife (uncredited))

5.83%

Jirô Mitsuaki

Jirô Mitsuaki (City Hall Executive (uncredited))

3.09%

Sôkichi Maki

Sôkichi Maki (General Manager (uncredited))

4.13%

Haruo Suzuki

Haruo Suzuki (Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited))

6.33%

Takeo Nagashima

Takeo Nagashima ((uncredited))

1.00%

Kazuo Imai

Kazuo Imai ((uncredited))

3.53%

Shigeo Katô

Shigeo Katô ((uncredited))

13.69%

Hiroshi Akitsu

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

1.13%

Ippei Kawagoe

Ippei Kawagoe (Road Section Receptionist (uncredited))

3.13%

Mitsuo Tsuda

Mitsuo Tsuda (City Planning Receptionist (uncredited))

3.37%

Keiji Sakakida

Keiji Sakakida (Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited))

3.97%

Takuzō Kumagai

Takuzō Kumagai (Fire Department Staff (uncredited))

10.24%

Tsuneo Katagiri

Tsuneo Katagiri ((uncredited))

4.00%

Junpei Natsuki

Junpei Natsuki (Patient (uncredited))

5.61%

Hiroshi Koizumi

Hiroshi Koizumi (Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited))

19.53%

Jun'ichirō Mukai

Jun'ichirō Mukai ((uncredited))

6.45%

Sōjirō Motoki

Sōjirō Motoki (Narrator (voice) (uncredited))

7.07%

Kyoko Aoyama

Kyoko Aoyama (Schoolgirl (uncredited))

20.71%

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