Release date:Oct 9, 1952

Runtime:2h 23m

Videos about the movie "Ikiru":

Ikiru (1952) Original Trailer [4K]

Ikiru - The Moment He Started Living

Ikiru

★ 8.1

Synopsis of "Ikiru":

"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."

Director:

Akira Kurosawa

Genres:

Drama

Language:

Japanese

Cast of "Ikiru":

Takashi Shimura ... as Kanji Watanabe

Haruo Tanaka ... as Sakai

Nobuo Kaneko ... as Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari ... as Ohara

小田切みき ... as Toyo

Shinichi Himori ... as Kimura

Minoru Chiaki ... as Noguchi

Minosuke Yamada ... as Subordinate Clerk Saito

藤原釜足 ... as Sub-Section Chief Ono

小堀誠 ... as Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Nobuo Nakamura ... as Deputy Mayor

Atsushi Watanabe ... as Patient

Isao Kimura ... as Intern

清水将夫 ... as Doctor

伊藤雄之助 ... as Novelist

南美江 ... as The Maid

Kumeko Urabe ... as Tatsu Watanabe

三好栄子 ... as Housewife

Noriko Honma ... as Housewife

Yatsuko Tan'ami ... as Bar Hostess

Kin Sugai ... as Housewife

Kyôko Seki ... as Kazue Watanabe

阿部九洲男 ... as City Assemblyman

Tomo'o Nagai ... as Newspaperman

Seiji Miyaguchi ... as Yakuza Boss

Daisuke Katō ... as Yakuza

Hiroshi Hayashi ... as Yakuza

村上冬樹 ... as Newspaperman

青野平義 ... as Newspaperman

Toranosuke Ogawa ... as Park Section Chief

瀬良明 ... as Worker in General Affairs

千葉一郎 ... as Policeman

Akira Tani ... as Bar Owner

小島洋々 ... as Worker in Sewage Section

市村俊幸 ... as Pianist

Harue Kuramoto ... as Dancer

Rasa Saya ... as Stripper

深見泰三 ... as Baseball Spectator

Tateo Kawasaki ... as Civil Engineering Section Staff

勝本圭一郎 ... as Park Division Staff

Haruko Toyama ... as Cabaret Woman

Sachio Sakai ... as Yakuza (uncredited)

Shōichi Hirose ... as Yakuza (uncredited)

Kôji Uno ... as Yakuza (uncredited)

出雲八重子 ... as Housewife (uncredited)

Jirô Mitsuaki ... as City Hall Executive (uncredited)

Sôkichi Maki ... as General Manager (uncredited)

鈴木治夫 ... as Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)

長島武夫 ... as (uncredited)

今井和雄 ... as (uncredited)

加藤茂雄 ... as (uncredited)

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

Ippei Kawagoe ... as Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)

Mitsuo Tsuda ... as City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)

榊田敬二 ... as Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)

熊谷卓三 ... as Fire Department Staff (uncredited)

片桐恒男 ... as (uncredited)

Junpei Natsuki ... as Patient (uncredited)

Hiroshi Koizumi ... as Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)

向井淳一郎 ... as (uncredited)

Sōjirō Motoki ... as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Kyoko Aoyama ... as Schoolgirl (uncredited)

Crew:

Asakazu Nakai... (Director of Photography)

Akira Kurosawa... (Editor)

Shinobu Hashimoto... (Screenplay)

Akira Kurosawa... (Screenplay)

Sōjirō Motoki... (Producer)

Shinji Kojima... (Lighting Technician)

Ichirô Minawa... (Sound Effects Editor)

野島秋雄... (Set Decoration)

Hideo Oguni... (Screenplay)

Fumio Hayasaka... (Original Music Composer)

西崎英雄... (Sound Recordist)

Content rating:

NR (United States) · PG (United Kingdom) · TP (France) · 16 (Germany)