Ikiru (1952)
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.
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Cast
- Takashi Shimura — Kanji Watanabe
- Haruo Tanaka — Sakai
- Nobuo Kaneko — Mitsuo, son of Kanji
- Bokuzen Hidari — Ohara
- Miki Odagiri — Toyo
- Shinichi Himori — Kimura
- Minoru Chiaki — Noguchi
- Minosuke Yamada — Subordinate Clerk Saito
- Kamatari Fujiwara — Sub-Section Chief Ono
- Makoto Kobori — Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
- Nobuo Nakamura — Deputy Mayor
- Atsushi Watanabe — Patient
Where to watch Ikiru
HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Kanopy
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