Ikiru (1952)
10/09/1952 (JP) • 2h 23m
A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
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.
Top Billed Cast
Kanji Watanabe
Sakai
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Ohara
Toyo
Kimura
Noguchi
Subordinate Clerk Saito
Sub-Section Chief Ono
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Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Budget
-
Revenue
$55,240.00
Keywords
dying and death
japan
bureaucracy
age difference
praise
office
night life
sense of life
playground
obsequies
swing
loneliness
office politics
black and white
infatuation
wake
public works
bureaucrat
thoughts of retirement
terminal cancer
city park
civil servant
monotonous life
accomplishments
office gossip
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