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生きる (1952)
A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
143 minNot RatedDrama
TMDb8.3/101,365 votes
IMDb8.3/10100,520 votes
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Metacritic92/100
Translated title: 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.
Country: Japan
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award6 wins & 2 nominations total
Box office: $60,239
Cast
Takashi Shimura
Kanji Watanabe
Haruo Tanaka
Sakai
Nobuo Kaneko
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Bokuzen Hidari
Ohara
Miki Odagiri
Toyo
Shinichi Himori
Kimura
Minoru Chiaki
Noguchi
Minosuke Yamada
Subordinate Clerk Saito
Kamatari Fujiwara
Sub-Section Chief Ono
Makoto Kobori
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Nobuo Nakamura
Deputy Mayor
Atsushi Watanabe
Patient
Isao Kimura
Intern
Masao Shimizu
Doctor
Keywords
Plot:dying and deathbureaucracyage differencepraisenight lifesense of lifeplaygroundobsequiesswinglonelinessblack and whiteco-workers relationshipinfatuationwakepublic worksbureaucratthoughts of retirementterminal cancercivil servantmonotonous lifeaccomplishmentsdepressing
Place:japanofficeoffice politicscity parkoffice gossip
