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Ikiru

1952, Movie, NR, 141 mins

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In IKIRU, Akira Kurosawa has created a subtle and moving account of a man who searches for meaning in the final days of his shallow existence. Kanji Watanabe (Takashi Shimura) is a clerk in a government office who discovers that he has cancer and, at most, only a year to live. Up to this point he has lived a highly structured life, rarely varying from routines. He has two children who offer him no comfort, and he decides he must find something to make him feel that his life ... read more leave a comment

Ikiru: Cast & Details

Year: 1952
Rated NR
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Cast
 Takashi Shimura: Kanji Watanabe
Nobuo Kaneko: Mitsuo Watanabe
Kyoko Seki: Kazue Watanabe
Miki Odagiri: Toyo
Kamatari Fujiwara: Ono
Makoto Koburi: Kiichi Watanabe

 

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