Ikiru
Drama
8.3
Release Date
October 9, 1952
Duration
143 min
Status
Released
Language
ja
Overview
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.
Casts
Kanji Watanabe
志村喬
Sakai
田中春男
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
金子信雄
Ohara
左卜全
Toyo
小田切みき
Kimura
日守新一
Noguchi
千秋実
Subordinate Clerk Saito
山田巳之助
Sub-Section Chief Ono
藤原釜足
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
小堀誠
Deputy Mayor
中村伸郎
Patient
渡辺篤
Intern
木村功
Doctor
清水将夫
Novelist
伊藤雄之助
The Maid
南美江
Tatsu Watanabe
浦辺粂子
Housewife
三好栄子
Housewife
本間文子
Bar Hostess
丹阿弥谷津子
Housewife
菅井きん
Kazue Watanabe
Kyôko Seki
City Assemblyman
阿部九洲男
Newspaperman
永井智雄
Yakuza Boss
宮口精二
Yakuza
加東大介
Yakuza
林寛
Newspaperman
村上冬樹
Newspaperman
青野平義
Park Section Chief
小川虎之助
Worker in General Affairs
瀬良明
Policeman
千葉一郎
Bar Owner
谷晃
Worker in Sewage Section
小島洋々
Pianist
市村俊幸
Dancer
Harue Kuramoto
Stripper
Rasa Saya
Baseball Spectator
深見泰三
Civil Engineering Section Staff
Tateo Kawasaki
Park Division Staff
勝本圭一郎
Cabaret Woman
Haruko Toyama
Yakuza (uncredited)
堺左千夫
Yakuza (uncredited)
広瀬正一
Yakuza (uncredited)
宇野晃司
Housewife (uncredited)
出雲八重子
City Hall Executive (uncredited)
Jirô Mitsuaki
General Manager (uncredited)
Sôkichi Maki
Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)
鈴木治夫
(uncredited)
Takeo Nagashima
(uncredited)
今井和雄
(uncredited)
加藤茂雄
Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)
安芸津広
Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Ippei Kawagoe
City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)
津田光男
Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)
榊田敬二
Fire Department Staff (uncredited)
熊谷卓三
(uncredited)
片桐恒男
Patient (uncredited)
夏木順平
Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
小泉博
(uncredited)
向井淳一郎
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
本木荘二郎
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
青山京子
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