TMDb Rating
8.3/10
1,274 verified votes
Ikiru (1952)
Drama
143 min
"A big story of a little man which will grip your soul..."
Plot Summary
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.
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Top Cast
Takashi ShimuraHaruo TanakaNobuo KanekoBokuzen HidariMiki Odagiri
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