Ikiru (1952)

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.

Genres: Drama

Stars: Takashi Shimura, Haruo Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Bokuzen Hidari, Miki Odagiri

Release Date: 1952-10-09

Country: Japan

Ratings: 8.315 / 10 (1263 votes)

Runtime: 143 mins