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Ikiru (1952)

Ikiru

Subtitles for: Ikiru (1952)

"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.

Rate★ 8.3/10 (1,383 votes)
GenreDrama
Duration2h 23m
CountryJapan
Release09 Oct 1952
LanguageJA
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
Keywordsdying and deathjapanbureaucracyage differencepraiseofficenight lifesense of lifeplaygroundobsequiesswinglonelinessoffice politicsblack and whiteco-workers relationshipinfatuationwakepublic worksbureaucratthoughts of retirement
IMDbtt0044741 ↗
TypeMovie Released

Cast

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Takashi ShimuraKanji Watanabe
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Haruo TanakaSakai
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Nobuo KanekoMitsuo, son of Kanji
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Bokuzen HidariOhara
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Miki OdagiriToyo
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Shinichi HimoriKimura
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Minoru ChiakiNoguchi
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Minosuke YamadaSubordinate Clerk Saito
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Kamatari FujiwaraSub-Section Chief Ono
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Makoto KoboriKiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
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