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Ikiru
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.
Where to watch Ikiru
Ikiru is streaming in the US on HBO Max, Criterion Channel and Kanopy.
It is also available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home.
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
- Minoru Chiaki as Noguchi
- Minosuke Yamada as Subordinate Clerk Saito
- Kamatari Fujiwara as Sub-Section Chief Ono
- Makoto Kobori as Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
- Nobuo Nakamura as Deputy Mayor
- Atsushi Watanabe as Patient
Details
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Released
- October 9, 1952
- Runtime
- 2h 23m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- TOHO
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 8.3 / 10 from 1,400 votes
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