Ikiru

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

1952•2h 23m•

★8.3(1,252 ratings)

Drama

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.

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Writers

Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni

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Main Cast

Takashi Shimura

Kanji Watanabe

Haruo Tanaka

Sakai

Nobuo Kaneko

Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari

Ohara

Miki Odagiri

Toyo

Shinichi Himori

Kimura

Main Cast

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Movie Information

Original Title:

生きる

Status:

Released

Language:

日本語

Revenue:

$55,240

Production Companies:

TOHO

🗣️ Language Support

Available in Your Region (US):

🇺🇸 English

All Available Languages:

🇸🇦 Arabic1 region

🌍 Burmese1 region

🇨🇿 Czech1 region

🇩🇰 Danish1 region

🇳🇱 Dutch1 region

🇺🇸 English1 region

🇫🇮 Finnish1 region

🇫🇷 French1 region

🌍 Georgian1 region

🇩🇪 German1 region

🌍 Greek1 region

🌍 Hebrew1 region

🇭🇺 Hungarian1 region

🇮🇹 Italian1 region

🇯🇵 Japanese1 region

🇰🇷 Korean1 region

🌍 Lithuanian1 region

🇨🇳 Mandarin3 regions

🌍 Persian1 region

🇵🇱 Polish1 region

🇵🇹 Portuguese2 regions

🇷🇺 Russian1 region

🇪🇸 Spanish2 regions

🇸🇪 Swedish1 region

🇹🇭 Thai1 region

🇹🇷 Turkish1 region

🌍 Ukrainian1 region

Main Cast

Takashi Shimura

Kanji Watanabe

Haruo Tanaka

Sakai

Nobuo Kaneko

Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari

Ohara

Miki Odagiri

Toyo

Shinichi Himori

Kimura