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Ikiru (1952)

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

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 & Crew

Director
Akira Kurosawa
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    Kanji Watanabe Takashi Shimura
  • Profile picture of Haruo Tanaka
    Sakai Haruo Tanaka
  • Profile picture of Nobuo Kaneko
    Mitsuo, son of Kanji Nobuo Kaneko
  • Profile picture of Miki Odagiri
    Toyo Miki Odagiri
  • Profile picture of Shinichi Himori
    Kimura Shinichi Himori
  • Profile picture of Minosuke Yamada
    Subordinate Clerk Saito Minosuke Yamada
  • Profile picture of Kamatari Fujiwara
    Sub-Section Chief Ono Kamatari Fujiwara
  • Profile picture of Makoto Kobori
    Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother Makoto Kobori

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Keywords

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  • 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