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19522h 23mNRJapanese

Ikiru

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

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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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DirectorAkira Kurosawa

Keywords

dying and deathjapanbureaucracyage differencepraiseofficenight lifesense of lifeplaygroundobsequiesswinglonelinessoffice politicsblack and whiteco-workers relationshipinfatuationwakepublic worksbureaucratthoughts of retirementterminal cancercity parkcivil servantmonotonous lifeaccomplishmentsoffice gossipdepressingburocraciaterceira idade
Box Office$55K

Cast

Takashi Shimura as Kanji Watanabe

Takashi Shimura

Kanji Watanabe

Haruo Tanaka as Sakai

Haruo Tanaka

Sakai

Nobuo Kaneko as Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Nobuo Kaneko

Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari as Ohara

Bokuzen Hidari

Ohara

Miki Odagiri as Toyo

Miki Odagiri

Toyo

Shinichi Himori as Kimura

Shinichi Himori

Kimura

Minoru Chiaki as Noguchi

Minoru Chiaki

Noguchi

Minosuke Yamada as Subordinate Clerk Saito

Minosuke Yamada

Subordinate Clerk Saito

Kamatari Fujiwara as Sub-Section Chief Ono

Kamatari Fujiwara

Sub-Section Chief Ono

Makoto Kobori as Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Makoto Kobori

Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother