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One of the greatest achievements by Akira Kurosawa, Ikiru shows the director at his most compassionate—affirming life through an exploration of death. Takashi Shimura beautifully portrays Kanji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer who is impelled to find meaning in his final days. Presented in a radically conceived twopart structure and shot with a perceptive, humanistic clarity of vision, Ikiru is a multifaceted look at what it means to be alive.
Original Release
10/09/1952
US Release
03/25/1956
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Takashi Shimura | Kanji Watanabe |
Shin'ichi Himori | Kimura |
Haruo Tanaka | Sakai |
Minoru Chiaki | Noguchi |
Miki Odagiri | Toyo / Toyo Odagiri, employee |
Bokuzen Hidari | Ohara |
Minosuke Yamada | Subordinate Clerk Saito |
Kamatari Fujiwara | Sub-Section Chief Ono |
Makoto Kobori | Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother |
Nobuo Kaneko | Mitsuo, son of Kanji / Mitsuo Watanabe, Kanji's son |
Directors
Writers
Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
Cast
Name | Character |
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Takashi Shimura | Kanji Watanabe |
Shin'ichi Himori | Kimura |
Haruo Tanaka | Sakai |
Minoru Chiaki | Noguchi |
Miki Odagiri | Toyo / Toyo Odagiri, employee |
Bokuzen Hidari | Ohara |
Minosuke Yamada | Subordinate Clerk Saito |
Kamatari Fujiwara | Sub-Section Chief Ono |
Makoto Kobori | Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother |
Nobuo Kaneko | Mitsuo, son of Kanji / Mitsuo Watanabe, Kanji's son |
Nobuo Nakamura | Deputy Mayor |
Atsushi Watanabe | Patient |
Isao Kimura | Intern |
Masao Shimizu | Doctor |
Yunosuke Ito | Novelist |
Kumeko Urabe | Tatsu Watanabe / Tatsu Watanabe, Kiichi's Wife |
Eiko Miyoshi | Housewife |
Noriko Honma | Housewife |
Yatsuko Tan'ami | Bar Hostess |
Kin Sugai | Housewife |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sôjirô Motoki | Producer |