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Ikiru

A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
Oct 9, 1952 · 2h 23m
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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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CAST

Takashi Shimura
Kanji Watanabe
Haruo Tanaka
Sakai
Nobuo Kaneko
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Bokuzen Hidari
Ohara
Miki Odagiri
Toyo
Shinichi Himori
Kimura
Minoru Chiaki
Noguchi
Minosuke Yamada
Subordinate Clerk Saito
Directed by Akira Kurosawa

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
JA
Budget
$85,000
Revenue
$55,240
Production
TOHO
Country
JP

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