

Ikiru (1952)
A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
Plot Summary
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.
Full Cast & Characters

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

Kamatari Fujiwara
Sub-Section Chief Ono

Makoto Kobori
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Nobuo Nakamura
Deputy Mayor

Atsushi Watanabe
Patient
Director & Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Director
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What is the IMDb rating of Ikiru?
It has an IMDb rating of 8.3/10 based on 1341 votes.
Who directed Ikiru?
Ikiru was directed by Akira Kurosawa and released in 1952.
How long is Ikiru?
Ikiru has a runtime of 2 hours and 23 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1952-10-09
- Box Office
- $0.1M
- Status
- Released





