1952
A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
8.3
1249
October 9, 1952
2h 23m
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.
Original Title
生きる
Spoken Languages
Japanese
Production Countries
Japan
Budget
N/A
Revenue
$55,240
Production Companies
Director
Writer
Producer
Composer
Screenplay
Tokyo Story
Kagemusha
Yojimbo
Ran
Irina Palm
Les Blagues de Toto
Jane B. by Agnès V.
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Initiation Love
The Life of Emile Zola
No Regrets for Our Youth
Le vie del Signore sono finite
Red Road
Desire
Let the Women Wait!
My American Uncle
La Jetée
Oldboy
Pickpocket
Short Cuts
Manhattan
A Streetcar Named Desire
All About Eve
Effi Briest
Finding Forrester
Together
Top Gun
The Sixth Sense
Murder She Said
Murder at the Gallop
Murder Most Foul
Murder Ahoy
Production Companies
TOHO
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writer
N/A
Producer
Sōjirō Motoki
Composer
N/A
Screenplay
Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni
Takashi Shimura
Role: Kanji Watanabe
Haruo Tanaka
Role: Sakai
Nobuo Kaneko
Role: Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Bokuzen Hidari
Role: Ohara
Miki Odagiri
Role: Toyo
Shinichi Himori
Role: Kimura
Minoru Chiaki
Role: Noguchi
Minosuke Yamada
Role: Subordinate Clerk Saito
Kamatari Fujiwara
Role: Sub-Section Chief Ono
Makoto Kobori
Role: Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Nobuo Nakamura
Role: Deputy Mayor
Atsushi Watanabe
Role: Patient
Isao Kimura
Role: Intern
Masao Shimizu
Role: Doctor
Yūnosuke Itō
Role: Novelist
Yoshie Minami
Role: The Maid
Kumeko Urabe
Role: Tatsu Watanabe
Eiko Miyoshi
Role: Housewife
Noriko Honma
Role: Housewife
Yatsuko Tan'ami
Role: Bar Hostess
Kin Sugai
Role: Housewife
Kyôko Seki
Role: Kazue Watanabe
Kusuo Abe
Role: City Assemblyman
Tomo'o Nagai
Role: Newspaperman
Seiji Miyaguchi
Role: Yakuza Boss
Daisuke Katō
Role: Yakuza
Hiroshi Hayashi
Role: Yakuza
Fuyuki Murakami
Role: Newspaperman
Hirayoshi Aono
Role: Newspaperman
Toranosuke Ogawa
Role: Park Section Chief
Akira Sera
Role: Worker in General Affairs
Ichirō Chiba
Role: Policeman
Akira Tani
Role: Bar Owner
Yōyō Kojima
Role: Worker in Sewage Section
Toshiyuki Ichimura
Role: Pianist
Harue Kuramoto
Role: Dancer
Rasa Saya
Role: Stripper
Taizō Fukami
Role: Baseball Spectator
Tateo Kawasaki
Role: Civil Engineering Section Staff
Keiichirō Katsumoto
Role: Park Division Staff
Haruko Toyama
Role: Cabaret Woman
Sachio Sakai
Role: Yakuza (uncredited)
Shōichi Hirose
Role: Yakuza (uncredited)
Kôji Uno
Role: Yakuza (uncredited)
Yaeko Izumo
Role: Housewife (uncredited)
Jirô Mitsuaki
Role: City Hall Executive (uncredited)
Sôkichi Maki
Role: General Manager (uncredited)
Haruo Suzuki
Role: Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)
Takeo Nagashima
Role: (uncredited)
Kazuo Imai
Role: (uncredited)
Shigeo Katō
Role: (uncredited)
Hiroshi Akitsu
Role: Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)
Ippei Kawagoe
Role: Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Mitsuo Tsuda
Role: City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)
Keiji Sakakida
Role: Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Takuzō Kumagai
Role: Fire Department Staff (uncredited)
Tsuneo Katagiri
Role: (uncredited)
Junpei Natsuki
Role: Patient (uncredited)
Hiroshi Koizumi
Role: Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Role: (uncredited)
Sōjirō Motoki
Role: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Kyoko Aoyama
Role: Schoolgirl (uncredited)
