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Ikiru (1952)

Ikiru (1952)

Drama

A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...

Release Date: 1952, October 9
Directors: Akira Kurosawa
Countries: Japan
Production: TOHO
Cast: Takashi Shimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Katō, Isao Kimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Bokuzen Hidari, Atsushi Watanabe, Toranosuke Ogawa, Keiji Sakakida, Hiroshi Hayashi, Sachio Sakai

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

dying and death loneliness japan depressing praise black and white age difference swing office co-workers relationship terminal cancer infatuation bureaucracy night life sense of life playground obsequies office politics wake public works bureaucrat thoughts of retirement city park civil servant monotonous life accomplishments office gossip