Ikiru
Kanji Watanabe is a civil servant. He has worked in the same department for 30 years. His life is pretty boring and monotonous, though he once used to have passion and drive. Then one day he discovers that he has stomach cancer and has less than a year to live. After the initial depression he sets about living for the first time in over 20 years. Then he realises that his limited time left is not just for living life to the full but to leave something meaningful behind...
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Release
- Mar 24, 1956
- Country
- Japan
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Ikiru (1952) holds a rating of 8.3/10 and is a drama film. Read the community reviews on this page to decide if it's right for you.
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Ikiru (1952) stars Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Shin'ichi Himori, and is directed by Akira Kurosawa.
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