Film
Ikiru (1952)
A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
Drama· Directed by Akira Kurosawa· 143 min
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.
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- One of the Great Films of Our Time!
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- Akira Kurosawa's Masterpiece
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- Kurosawa's masterpiece which created a sensation in the United States
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Connections
Top billing
- Takashi Shimura as Kanji Watanabe
- Haruo Tanaka as Sakai
- Nobuo Kaneko as Mitsuo, son of Kanji
- Bokuzen Hidari as Ohara
- Miki Odagiri as Toyo