Ikiru
"A big story of a little man which will grip your soul..."
1952-10-09
8.3
ja 143mDrama
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
Director of Photography
Asakazu Nakai
Editor
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
Producer
Sōjirō Motoki
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
Status
ReleasedRevenue
$55,240Countries
- Japan
Companies
- TOHO
