Drama · Japan · 1952 · 2h 23m

Ikiru

生きる

Ikiru poster
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Cast
Takashi Shimura as Kanji Watanabe Haruo Tanaka as Sakai Nobuo Kaneko as Mitsuo, son of Kanji Bokuzen Hidari as Ohara Miki Odagiri as Toyo Shinichi Himori as Kimura
Crew
Asakazu Nakai — Director of Photography Akira Kurosawa — Editor Fumio Hayasaka — Original Music Composer Shinobu Hashimoto — Screenplay Akira Kurosawa — Screenplay Hideo Oguni — Screenplay
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Ikiru — Official Trailer
Official Trailer youtube.com
Mood & Themes
dying and deathjapanbureaucracyage differencepraiseofficenight lifesense of lifeplaygroundobsequiesswingloneliness
Key Collaborators
Akira Kurosawa Director Asakazu Nakai Director of Photography Akira Kurosawa Editor Fumio Hayasaka Original Music Composer Shinobu Hashimoto Screenplay Akira Kurosawa Screenplay Hideo Oguni Screenplay Sōjirō Motoki Producer
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