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Ikiru (1952) | SpawnScore

Ikiru

Ikiru

Movies / Japanese

Ikiru1952

Original title: 生きる

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

IMDb

8.3/10104.6K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

Not rated yet

Metacritic

Not rated yet

TMDB

83%1.4K votes

SpawnScore

Released: October 9, 1952
Runtime: 2h 23m
Certificate: NR (US)
Language: Japanese
Director: Akira Kurosawa

Drama

Story

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.

Trailer

Cast

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Kanji Watanabe

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka

Sakai

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari

Bokuzen Hidari

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Minosuke Yamada

Subordinate Clerk Saito

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Sub-Section Chief Ono

Makoto Kobori

Makoto Kobori

Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Nobuo Nakamura

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Deputy Mayor

Atsushi Watanabe

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Patient

Isao Kimura

Isao Kimura

Intern

Masao Shimizu

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Doctor

Yūnosuke Itō

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Novelist

Yoshie Minami

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The Maid

Kumeko Urabe

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Tatsu Watanabe

Eiko Miyoshi

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Housewife

Noriko Honma

Noriko Honma

Housewife

Yatsuko Tan'ami

Yatsuko Tan'ami

Bar Hostess

Crew

Akira Kurosawa
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Sōjirō Motoki
Producer
Fumio Hayasaka
Original Music Composer
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography

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Details

Spoken languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan
Budget: $85.0K
Box office: $55.2K

Production

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