Project Author: David Mills
June 23, 2025
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
TOHO
Ikiru
A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
Genre:
Drama
Runtime:
143
Released:
1952
Rating:
8.3
Budget:
Box Office:
WRITERS
Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni
FILM OVERVIEW
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.
DIRECTOR
Akira Kurosawa
GALLERY
PRODUCTION TEAM
Asakazu Nakai (Director of Photography)
Shinobu Hashimoto (Screenplay)
Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay)
Akira Kurosawa (Editor)
Sōjirō Motoki (Producer)
Akira Kurosawa (Director)
Shinji Kojima (Lighting Technician)
Ichirô Minawa (Sound Effects Editor)
Akio Nojima (Set Decoration)
Hideo Oguni (Screenplay)
CAST MEMBERS
Takashi Shimura
Haruo Tanaka
Nobuo Kaneko
Bokuzen Hidari
Miki Odagiri
Shinichi Himori
Minoru Chiaki
Minosuke Yamada
Kamatari Fujiwara
Makoto Kobori
MORE PRODUCTION
Fumio Hayasaka (Original Music Composer)
MORE CAST
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