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Ikiru (1952)

Oct 9, 1952 · 2h 23m

8.3/10 TMDB user score
1,420 votes on TMDB

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

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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Top cast

  • 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 Nobuo Nakamura Deputy Mayor
  • Atsushi Watanabe Atsushi Watanabe Patient
  • Isao Kimura Isao Kimura Intern
  • Masao Shimizu Masao Shimizu Doctor
  • Yūnosuke Itō Yūnosuke Itō Novelist
  • Yoshie Minami Yoshie Minami The Maid

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