Ikiru
1952-10-09Kanji 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.

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.

Kanji Watanabe
Takashi Shimura

Sakai
Haruo Tanaka

Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Nobuo Kaneko

Ohara
Bokuzen Hidari

Toyo
Miki Odagiri

Kimura
Shinichi Himori

Noguchi
Minoru Chiaki

Subordinate Clerk Saito
Minosuke Yamada

Sub-Section Chief Ono
Kamatari Fujiwara

Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Makoto Kobori

Deputy Mayor
Nobuo Nakamura

Patient
Atsushi Watanabe

Intern
Isao Kimura

Doctor
Masao Shimizu

Novelist
Yūnosuke Itō

The Maid
Yoshie Minami

Tatsu Watanabe
Kumeko Urabe

Housewife
Eiko Miyoshi

Housewife
Noriko Honma

Bar Hostess
Yatsuko Tan'ami

Housewife
Kin Sugai

Kazue Watanabe
Kyôko Seki

City Assemblyman
Kusuo Abe

Newspaperman
Tomo'o Nagai

Yakuza Boss
Seiji Miyaguchi

Yakuza
Daisuke Katō

Yakuza
Hiroshi Hayashi

Newspaperman
Fuyuki Murakami

Newspaperman
Hirayoshi Aono

Park Section Chief
Toranosuke Ogawa
Worker in General Affairs
Akira Sera
Policeman
Ichirō Chiba
Bar Owner
Akira Tani
Worker in Sewage Section
Yōyō Kojima

Pianist
Toshiyuki Ichimura

Dancer
Harue Kuramoto
Stripper
Rasa Saya

Baseball Spectator
Taizō Fukami
Civil Engineering Section Staff
Tateo Kawasaki

Park Division Staff
Keiichirō Katsumoto
Cabaret Woman
Haruko Toyama

Yakuza (uncredited)
Sachio Sakai

Yakuza (uncredited)
Shōichi Hirose
Yakuza (uncredited)
Kôji Uno
Housewife (uncredited)
Yaeko Izumo
City Hall Executive (uncredited)
Jirô Mitsuaki
General Manager (uncredited)
Sôkichi Maki

Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)
Haruo Suzuki
(uncredited)
Takeo Nagashima
(uncredited)
Kazuo Imai

(uncredited)
Shigeo Katō
Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)
Hiroshi Akitsu
Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Ippei Kawagoe
City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)
Mitsuo Tsuda

Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Keiji Sakakida

Fire Department Staff (uncredited)
Takuzō Kumagai
(uncredited)
Tsuneo Katagiri
Patient (uncredited)
Junpei Natsuki

Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
Hiroshi Koizumi
(uncredited)
Jun'ichirō Mukai

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Sōjirō Motoki

Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Kyoko Aoyama