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Ikiru

生きる

19522h 23m8.3/ 10 · TMDB · 1,407 votes
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.

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Directed by Akira Kurosawa

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura

Kanji Watanabe

Haruo Tanaka
Haruo Tanaka

Sakai

Nobuo Kaneko
Nobuo Kaneko

Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari
Bokuzen Hidari

Ohara

Miki Odagiri
Miki Odagiri

Toyo

Shinichi Himori
Shinichi Himori

Kimura

Minoru Chiaki
Minoru Chiaki

Noguchi

Minosuke Yamada
Minosuke Yamada

Subordinate Clerk Saito

Kamatari Fujiwara
Kamatari Fujiwara

Sub-Section Chief Ono

Makoto Kobori
Makoto Kobori

Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Nobuo Nakamura

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Last checked 9 Oct 2026.

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Film details

Released9 Oct 1952
Original languageJapanese
CountriesJapan
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Nobuo Nakamura

Deputy Mayor

Atsushi Watanabe
Atsushi Watanabe

Patient