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Ikiru

Drama Japanese

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.

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dying and death
japan
bureaucracy
age difference
praise
office
night life
sense of life
playground
obsequies
swing
loneliness
office politics
black and white
co-workers relationship
infatuation
wake
public works
bureaucrat
thoughts of retirement
terminal cancer
city park
civil servant
monotonous life
accomplishments
office gossip
burocracia
terceira idade

Stars

poster

Takashi Shimura

Kanji Watanabe

poster

Haruo Tanaka

Sakai

poster

Nobuo Kaneko

Mitsuo, son of Kanji

poster

Bokuzen Hidari

Ohara

poster

Miki Odagiri

Toyo

poster

Shinichi Himori

Kimura

poster

Minoru Chiaki

Noguchi

poster

Minosuke Yamada

Subordinate Clerk Saito

poster

Kamatari Fujiwara

Sub-Section Chief Ono

poster

Makoto Kobori

Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

poster

Nobuo Nakamura

Deputy Mayor

poster

Atsushi Watanabe

Patient

poster

Isao Kimura

Intern

poster

Masao Shimizu

Doctor

poster

Yūnosuke Itō

Novelist

poster

Yoshie Minami

The Maid

poster

Kumeko Urabe

Tatsu Watanabe

poster

Eiko Miyoshi

Housewife

poster

Noriko Honma

Housewife

poster

Yatsuko Tan'ami

Bar Hostess

poster

Kin Sugai

Housewife

poster

Kyôko Seki

Kazue Watanabe

poster

Kusuo Abe

City Assemblyman

poster

Tomo'o Nagai

Newspaperman

poster

Seiji Miyaguchi

Yakuza Boss

poster

Daisuke Katō

Yakuza

poster

Hiroshi Hayashi

Yakuza

poster

Fuyuki Murakami

Newspaperman

poster

Hirayoshi Aono

Newspaperman

poster

Toranosuke Ogawa

Park Section Chief

poster

Akira Sera

Worker in General Affairs

poster

Ichirō Chiba

Policeman

poster

Akira Tani

Bar Owner

poster

Yōyō Kojima

Worker in Sewage Section

poster

Toshiyuki Ichimura

Pianist

poster

Harue Kuramoto

Dancer

poster

Rasa Saya

Stripper

poster

Taizō Fukami

Baseball Spectator

poster

Tateo Kawasaki

Civil Engineering Section Staff

poster

Keiichirō Katsumoto

Park Division Staff

poster

Haruko Toyama

Cabaret Woman

poster

Sachio Sakai

Yakuza (uncredited)

poster

Shōichi Hirose

Yakuza (uncredited)

poster

Kôji Uno

Yakuza (uncredited)

poster

Yaeko Izumo

Housewife (uncredited)

poster

Jirô Mitsuaki

City Hall Executive (uncredited)

poster

Sôkichi Maki

General Manager (uncredited)

poster

Haruo Suzuki

Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)

poster

Takeo Nagashima

(uncredited)

poster

Kazuo Imai

(uncredited)

poster

Shigeo Katō

(uncredited)

poster

Hiroshi Akitsu

Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)

poster

Ippei Kawagoe

Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)

poster

Mitsuo Tsuda

City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)

poster

Keiji Sakakida

Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)

poster

Takuzō Kumagai

Fire Department Staff (uncredited)

poster

Tsuneo Katagiri

(uncredited)

poster

Junpei Natsuki

Patient (uncredited)

poster

Hiroshi Koizumi

Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)

poster

Jun'ichirō Mukai

(uncredited)

poster

Sōjirō Motoki

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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Kyoko Aoyama

Schoolgirl (uncredited)

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