Ikiru

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.

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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

Kamatari Fujiwara

Sub-Section Chief Ono

Makoto Kobori

Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Nobuo Nakamura

Deputy Mayor

Atsushi Watanabe

Patient

Isao Kimura

Intern

Masao Shimizu

Doctor

Yūnosuke Itō

Novelist

Yoshie Minami

The Maid

Kumeko Urabe

Tatsu Watanabe

Eiko Miyoshi

Housewife

Noriko Honma

Housewife

Yatsuko Tan'ami

Bar Hostess

Crew

Art

• Akio Nojima Set Decoration
• Takashi Matsuyama Production Design

Camera

• Asakazu Nakai Director of Photography

Directing

• Akira Kurosawa Director
• Hiromichi Horikawa Assistant Director
• Hisanobu Marubayashi Assistant Director

Editing

• Akira Kurosawa Editor

Lighting

• Shinji Kojima Lighting Technician

Production

• Sōjirō Motoki Producer

Sound

• Ichirô Minawa Sound Effects Editor
• Fumio Hayasaka Original Music Composer
• Hideo Nishizaki Sound Recordist

Writing

• Shinobu Hashimoto Screenplay
• Akira Kurosawa Screenplay
• Hideo Oguni Screenplay

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