Movie Description
生きる
(1952)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Akira Kurosawa
- Producer : Sōjirō Motoki
- Editor : Akira Kurosawa
- Cast : Takashi Shimura,Haruo Tanaka,Nobuo Kaneko,Bokuzen Hidari,Miki Odagiri,Shinichi Himori,Minoru Chiaki,Minosuke Yamada,Kamatari Fujiwara,Makoto Kobori,Nobuo Nakamura,Atsushi Watanabe,Isao Kimura,Masao Shimizu,Yūnosuke Itō,Yoshie Minami,Kumeko Urabe,Eiko Miyoshi,Noriko Honma,Yatsuko Tan'ami,Kin Sugai,Kyôko Seki,Kusuo Abe,Tomo'o Nagai,Seiji Miyaguchi,Daisuke Katō,Hiroshi Hayashi,Fuyuki Murakami,Hirayoshi Aono,Toranosuke Ogawa,Akira Sera,Ichirō Chiba,Akira Tani,Yōyō Kojima,Toshiyuki Ichimura,Harue Kuramoto,Rasa Saya,Taizō Fukami,Tateo Kawasaki,Keiichirô Katsumoto,Haruko Toyama,Sachio Sakai,Shōichi Hirose,Kôji Uno,Yaeko Izumo,Jirô Mitsuaki,Sôkichi Maki,Haruo Suzuki,Takeo Nagashima,Kazuo Imai,Shigeo Katô,Hiroshi Akitsu,Ippei Kawagoe,Mitsuo Tsuda,Keiji Sakakida,Takuzō Kumagai,Tsuneo Katagiri,Junpei Natsuki,Hiroshi Koizumi,Jun'ichirō Mukai,Sōjirō Motoki,Kyoko Aoyama
Cast
Kanji Watanabe
Sakai
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Ohara
Toyo
Kimura
Noguchi
Subordinate Clerk Saito
Sub-Section Chief Ono
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Deputy Mayor
Patient
Intern
Doctor
Novelist
The Maid
Tatsu Watanabe
Housewife
Housewife
Bar Hostess
Housewife
Kazue Watanabe
City Assemblyman
Newspaperman
Yakuza Boss
Yakuza
Yakuza
Newspaperman
Newspaperman
Park Section Chief
Worker in General Affairs
Policeman
Bar Owner
Worker in Sewage Section
Pianist
Dancer
Stripper
Baseball Spectator
Civil Engineering Section Staff
Park Division Staff
Cabaret Woman
Yakuza (uncredited)
Yakuza (uncredited)
Yakuza (uncredited)
Housewife (uncredited)
City Hall Executive (uncredited)
General Manager (uncredited)
Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)
(uncredited)
(uncredited)
(uncredited)
Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)
Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)
City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)
Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Fire Department Staff (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Patient (uncredited)
Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
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Facts
Original Title生きる
Status Released
Release Information
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1952-10-09
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 02h 23m
Revenue₹ 55240
Production CompaniesTOHO
Genres
- Drama
