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Ikiru( 1952)

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

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Takashi Shimura

      Kanji Watanabe

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      Haruo Tanaka

      Sakai

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      Nobuo Kaneko

      Mitsuo, son of Kanji

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      Bokuzen Hidari

      Ohara

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      Miki Odagiri

      Toyo

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      Shinichi Himori

      Kimura

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      Minoru Chiaki

      Noguchi

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      Minosuke Yamada

      Subordinate Clerk Saito

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      Kamatari Fujiwara

      Sub-Section Chief Ono

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      Makoto Kobori

      Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

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      Nobuo Nakamura

      Deputy Mayor

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      Atsushi Watanabe

      Patient

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      Isao Kimura

      Intern

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      Masao Shimizu

      Doctor

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      Yūnosuke Itō

      Novelist

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      Yoshie Minami

      The Maid

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      Kumeko Urabe

      Tatsu Watanabe

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      Eiko Miyoshi

      Housewife

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      Noriko Honma

      Housewife

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      Yatsuko Tan'ami

      Bar Hostess

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      Kin Sugai

      Housewife

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      Kyôko Seki

      Kazue Watanabe

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      Kusuo Abe

      City Assemblyman

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      Tomo'o Nagai

      Newspaperman

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      Seiji Miyaguchi

      Yakuza Boss

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      Daisuke Katō

      Yakuza

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      Hiroshi Hayashi

      Yakuza

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      Fuyuki Murakami

      Newspaperman

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      Hirayoshi Aono

      Newspaperman

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      Toranosuke Ogawa

      Park Section Chief

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      Akira Sera

      Worker in General Affairs

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      Ichirō Chiba

      Policeman

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      Akira Tani

      Bar Owner

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      Yōyō Kojima

      Worker in Sewage Section

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      Toshiyuki Ichimura

      Pianist

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      Harue Kuramoto

      Dancer

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      Rasa Saya

      Stripper

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      Taizō Fukami

      Baseball Spectator

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      Tateo Kawasaki

      Civil Engineering Section Staff

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      Keiichirô Katsumoto

      Park Division Staff

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      Haruko Toyama

      Cabaret Woman

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      Sachio Sakai

      Yakuza (uncredited)

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      Shōichi Hirose

      Yakuza (uncredited)

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      Kôji Uno

      Yakuza (uncredited)

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      Yaeko Izumo

      Housewife (uncredited)

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      Jirô Mitsuaki

      City Hall Executive (uncredited)

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      Sôkichi Maki

      General Manager (uncredited)

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      Haruo Suzuki

      Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)

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      Takeo Nagashima

      (uncredited)

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      Kazuo Imai

      (uncredited)

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      Shigeo Katô

      (uncredited)

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      Hiroshi Akitsu

      Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)

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      Ippei Kawagoe

      Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)

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      Mitsuo Tsuda

      City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)

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      Keiji Sakakida

      Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)

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      Takuzō Kumagai

      Fire Department Staff (uncredited)

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      Tsuneo Katagiri

      (uncredited)

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      Junpei Natsuki

      Patient (uncredited)

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      Hiroshi Koizumi

      Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)

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      Jun'ichirō Mukai

      (uncredited)

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      Sōjirō Motoki

      Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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      Kyoko Aoyama

      Schoolgirl (uncredited)

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    Review 3Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Fri Sep 09 2022
    Takashi Shimura is "Watanabe", an elderly civil service lifer who is told that he has terminal stomach cancer. After years of a disciplined, rather pedestrian existence he now feels a need to emancipate himself and start to live a little. The story is told through two threads: one looks at the end of the old gent's life from his own perspective; the second takes a retrospective view from the wake as his family and colleagues gather to remember him. Kurusawa is clearly making a point with this delicate, poignant film - perhaps life needs to be appreciated and enjoyed - not necessarily in a jovia...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    55240.00

    Keywords

    • dying and death
    • japan
    • bureaucracy
    • age difference
    • praise
    • office
    • night life
    • sense of life
    • playground
    • obsequies
    • swing
    • loneliness
    • office politics
    • infatuation
    • wake
    • public works
    • bureaucrat
    • thoughts of retirement
    • terminal cancer
    • city park
    • civil servant
    • monotonous life
    • accomplishments
    • office gossip