Ikiru

Ikiru (1952) — drama film. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Starring Takashi Shimura, Haruo Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Bokuzen Hidari. This page maps 3 characters and 2 relationships between them as an interactive character network. Rated 8.3/10 from 1,400 votes.

Ikiru (1952) Poster

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Story Analysis

A dying bureaucrat discovers meaning by completing one humane public project before death.

Drama · 8.3/10 · 143 min · 1952

Credits

Director

Akira Kurosawa
Cast

as Kanji Watanabe

Takashi Shimura
Cast

as Sakai

Haruo Tanaka
Cast

as Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Nobuo Kaneko
Cast

as Ohara

Bokuzen Hidari
Cast

as Toyo

Miki Odagiri
Cast

as Kimura

Shinichi Himori
Cast

as Noguchi

Minoru Chiaki
Cast

as Subordinate Clerk Saito

Minosuke Yamada
Cast

as Sub-Section Chief Ono

Kamatari Fujiwara
Cast

as Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Makoto Kobori
Cast

as Deputy Mayor

Nobuo Nakamura
Cast

as Patient

Atsushi Watanabe

Universe & Franchise Timeline

Kurosawa Samurai Films — Watch Order · Character Knowledge Graph

Ikiru is title 2 of 7 in the Kurosawa Samurai Films release order. Previous: Rashomon (1950). Next: Seven Samurai (1954).

Related Movies & Series

Seven Samurai (1954) — Universe Link

Videos

Ikiru (1952) Original Trailer [4K]
Ikiru - The Moment He Started Living

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Content sources

Plot analysis generated from content on Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Related entry on Wikidata (Q152105), public domain (CC0).