Ikiru
A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
- 1952
- Rated NR
- 2h 23m
- Drama
Rating: 8.3 out of 10TMDB(1.4K votes)
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.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $55.2K worldwide against a $85K budget
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Based on
Based on The Death of Ivan Ilyich
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Setting
Set in Tokyo
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Music
Music by Fumio Hayasaka
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Asakazu Nakai
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Shinobu HashimotoScreenplay
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
- Hideo OguniScreenplay
- Original title
- 生きる
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 9, 1952
- Original language
- Japanese
- Budget
- $85K
- Revenue
- $55.2K
- Countries
- Japan
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In the United States
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Cast
Takashi ShimuraKanji Watanabe
Haruo TanakaSakai
Nobuo KanekoMitsuo, son of Kanji
Bokuzen HidariOhara
Miki OdagiriToyo
Shinichi HimoriKimura
Minoru ChiakiNoguchi
Minosuke YamadaSubordinate Clerk Saito
Kamatari FujiwaraSub-Section Chief Ono
Makoto KoboriKiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Nobuo NakamuraDeputy Mayor
Atsushi WatanabePatient
Isao KimuraIntern
Masao ShimizuDoctor
Yūnosuke ItōNovelist
Yoshie MinamiThe Maid
Kumeko UrabeTatsu Watanabe
Eiko MiyoshiHousewife
Noriko HonmaHousewife
Yatsuko Tan'amiBar Hostess
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