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IKIRU
(1952)
List of alternative names
- DOOMED
- LIVING
- Copyright date
- Not available
- Production start date
- Not available
- Production end date
- Not available
Production countries
- Japan
- Notes
- Not available
BNFVC Notes
Set in post-war Tokyo, tells the story of a dedicated, downtrodden civil servant, who, diagnosed with a fatal stomach cancer, learns to change his dull, unfulfilled existence, and suddenly discovers a zest for living. After first plunging into self-pity, then a bout of hedonistic pleasure-seeking, he finally finds satisfaction through building a children's...
Top five credits
- Director
- KUROSAWA, Akira
- Production Company
- Toho Co., Ltd.
- Producer
- MOTOKI, Sojiro
- Screenplay
- HASHIMOTO, Shinobu
- Screenplay
- OGUNI, Hideo
Top five cast
- Kanji Watanabe
- SHIMURA, Takashi
- Mitsuo, Kanji's son
- KANEKO, Nobuo
- Kazue, Mitsuo's wife
- SEKI, Kyoko
- Toyo Odagiri
- ODAGIRI, Miki
- Kiichi, Kanji's elder brother
- KOBORI, Makoto