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.

CastCrewDetailsGenres

Takashi ShimuraKanji Watanabe

Haruo TanakaSakai

Nobuo KanekoMitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen HidariOhara

Miki OdagiriToyo

Shinichi HimoriKimura

Minoru ChiakiNoguchi

Minosuke YamadaSubordinate Clerk Saito

Kamatari FujiwaraSub-Section Chief Ono

Makoto KoboriKiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Nobuo NakamuraDeputy Mayor

Atsushi WatanabePatient

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