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.
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Cast
Harue Kuramoto
Dancer
Haruo Tanaka
Sakai
Nobuo Kaneko
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Shinichi Himori
Kimura
Shigeo Katō
(uncredited)
Nobuo Nakamura
Deputy Mayor
Kyôko Seki
Kazue Watanabe
Minosuke Yamada
Subordinate Clerk Saito
Noriko Honma
Housewife
Hirayoshi Aono
Newspaperman
Taizō Fukami
Baseball Spectator
Tomo'o Nagai
Newspaperman
Hiroshi Hayashi
Yakuza
Fuyuki Murakami
Newspaperman
Minoru Chiaki
Noguchi
Eiko Miyoshi
Housewife
Kin Sugai
Housewife
Bokuzen Hidari
Ohara
Kumeko Urabe
Tatsu Watanabe
Kusuo Abe
City Assemblyman
Daisuke Katō
Yakuza
Sōjirō Motoki
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Miki Odagiri
Toyo
Makoto Kobori
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Yūnosuke Itō
Novelist
Hiroshi Koizumi
Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
Takashi Shimura
Kanji Watanabe
Atsushi Watanabe
Patient
Sachio Sakai
Yakuza (uncredited)
Kamatari Fujiwara
Sub-Section Chief Ono
Yoshie Minami
The Maid
Yatsuko Tan'ami
Bar Hostess
Takuzō Kumagai
Fire Department Staff (uncredited)
Isao Kimura
Intern
Toshiyuki Ichimura
Pianist
Keiichirō Katsumoto
Park Division Staff
Masao Shimizu
Doctor
Toranosuke Ogawa
Park Section Chief
Keiji Sakakida
Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Seiji Miyaguchi
Yakuza Boss
Shōichi Hirose
Yakuza (uncredited)
Haruo Suzuki
Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)
Kyoko Aoyama
Schoolgirl (uncredited)