Ikiru (生きる) 72 years old

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

Ikiru

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.

Credits

Ikiru Cast

Name Character
Seiji Miyaguchi He was 42, 71 years old when he died as Yakuza Boss
Miki Odagiri She was 25, 76 years old when she died as Toyo
Daisuke Katô as Yakuza
Takashi Shimura He was 51, 76 years old when he died as Kanji Watanabe
Nobuo Kaneko He was 32, 71 years old when he died as Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Eiko Miyoshi She was 61, 69 years old when she died as Housewife
Kamatari Fujiwara He was 51, 80 years old when he died as Sub-Section Chief Ono
Haruo Tanaka He was 44, 79 years old when he died as Sakai
Noriko Honma She was 44, 97 years old when she died as Housewife
Toranosuke Ogawa He was 58, 70 years old when he died as Park Section Chief
Atsushi Watanabe He was 57, 78 years old when he died as Patient
Nobuo Nakamura He was 47, 82 years old when he died as Deputy Mayor
Sachio Sakai He was 30, 72 years old when he died as Yakuza
Akira Tani He was 12, now 59 years old as Bar Owner
Yatsuko Tan'ami She was 31, now 100 years old as Bar Hostess
Yūnosuke Itō He was 36, 60 years old when he died as Novelist
Minosuke Yamada He was 58, 74 years old when he died as Subordinate Clerk Saito
Isao Kimura He was 32, 58 years old when he died as Intern
Kumeko Urabe She was 53, 87 years old when she died as Tatsu Watanabe
Kin Sugai She was 30, 92 years old when she died as Housewife
Minoru Chiaki He was 38, 82 years old when he died as Noguchi
Masao Shimizu He was 47, 67 years old when he died as Doctor
Ichirô Chiba as Policeman
Yoshie Minami She was 37, 94 years old when she died as The Maid
Meg Mundy She was 109, 101 years old when she died
Shin'ichi Himori He was 49, 52 years old when he died as Kimura
Kusuo Abe He was 42, 55 years old when he died as City Assemblyman
Hiroshi Hayashi He was 51, 66 years old when he died as Yakuza
Akira Sera He was 39, now 112 years old as Worker in General Affairs
Makoto Kobori He was 67, 71 years old when he died as Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Fuyuki Murakami He was 40, 95 years old when he died as Newspaperman
Bokuzen Hidari He was 62, 77 years old when he died as Ohara

Ikiru Crew

Name Department
Fumio Hayasaka as Music. He was 41 (41) years old when He died Sound
Hideo Oguni as Screenplay. He was 51 (91) years old when He died Writing
Sôjirô Motoki as Producer. He was 41 (62) years old when He died Production
Shinobu Hashimoto as Screenplay. He was 37 (100) years old when He died Writing
Asakazu Nakai as Director of Photography. He was 54 (86) years old when He died Camera
Ikiru poster
Ikiru (72 years)

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

  • Release day: Thursday, October 09, 1952
  • Runtime: 143 minutes
  • Revenue: 55240.00