Ikiru

1956 "A big story of a little man which will grip your soul ..."

Ikiru

8.3 | 2h23m | en | 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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8.3 | 2h23m | en | Drama

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Takashi Shimura ,Haruo Tanaka ,Nobuo Kaneko

Director

Akio Nojima

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Cast

Takashi Shimura

as Kanji Watanabe

[2002] Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru' [1974] The Tattooed Hitman [1974] Prophecies of Nostradamus [1969] Samurai Banners [1968] Zatoichi and the Fugitives [1968] The Bride from Hades [1967] Japan's Longest Day [1965] Hoodlum Match [1965] Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Haruo Tanaka

as Sakai

[1969] Trapped, the Crimson Bat [1964] Samurai from Somewhere [1960] Heavenly Dragon [1959] Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo [1956] Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island [1956] The Legend of the White Serpent [1956] Ikiru [1954] The Crucified Lovers [1952] Jirocho Rises in Fame

Nobuo Kaneko

as Mitsuo, son of Kanji

[1980] Shogun [1979] The Inferno [1973] Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School [1973] Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle [1970] Duel at Fort Ezo [1961] Quick Draw Joe [1957] A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era [1956] Ikiru