Ikiru
Original title: 生きる
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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.
Ikiru cast
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Takashi Shimura
Character:
Kanji Watanabe
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Haruo Tanaka
Character:
Sakai
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Nobuo Kaneko
Character:
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
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Bokuzen Hidari
Character:
Ohara
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Miki Odagiri
Character:
Toyo
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Shinichi Himori
Character:
Kimura
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Minoru Chiaki
Character:
Noguchi
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Minosuke Yamada
Character:
Subordinate Clerk Saito
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Kamatari Fujiwara
Character:
Sub-Section Chief Ono
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Makoto Kobori
Character:
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
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Nobuo Nakamura
Character:
Deputy Mayor
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Atsushi Watanabe
Character:
Patient
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Isao Kimura
Character:
Intern
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Masao Shimizu
Character:
Doctor
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Yūnosuke Itō
Character:
Novelist
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Yoshie Minami
Character:
The Maid
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Kumeko Urabe
Character:
Tatsu Watanabe
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Eiko Miyoshi
Character:
Housewife
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Noriko Honma
Character:
Housewife
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Yatsuko Tan'ami
Character:
Bar Hostess
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Kin Sugai
Character:
Housewife
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Kyôko Seki
Character:
Kazue Watanabe
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Kusuo Abe
Character:
City Assemblyman
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Tomo'o Nagai
Character:
Newspaperman
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Seiji Miyaguchi
Character:
Yakuza Boss
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Daisuke Katō
Character:
Yakuza
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Hiroshi Hayashi
Character:
Yakuza
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Fuyuki Murakami
Character:
Newspaperman
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Hirayoshi Aono
Character:
Newspaperman
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Toranosuke Ogawa
Character:
Park Section Chief
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Akira Sera
Character:
Worker in General Affairs
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Ichirō Chiba
Character:
Policeman
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Akira Tani
Character:
Bar Owner
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Yōyō Kojima
Character:
Worker in Sewage Section
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Toshiyuki Ichimura
Character:
Pianist
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Harue Kuramoto
Character:
Dancer
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Rasa Saya
Character:
Stripper
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Taizō Fukami
Character:
Baseball Spectator
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Tateo Kawasaki
Character:
Civil Engineering Section Staff
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Keiichirō Katsumoto
Character:
Park Division Staff
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Haruko Toyama
Character:
Cabaret Woman
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Sachio Sakai
Character:
Yakuza (uncredited)
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Shōichi Hirose
Character:
Yakuza (uncredited)
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Kôji Uno
Character:
Yakuza (uncredited)
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Yaeko Izumo
Character:
Housewife (uncredited)
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Jirô Mitsuaki
Character:
City Hall Executive (uncredited)
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Sôkichi Maki
Character:
General Manager (uncredited)
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Haruo Suzuki
Character:
Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)
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Takeo Nagashima
Character:
(uncredited)
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Kazuo Imai
Character:
(uncredited)
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Shigeo Katō
Character:
(uncredited)
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Hiroshi Akitsu
Character:
Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)
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Ippei Kawagoe
Character:
Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)
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Mitsuo Tsuda
Character:
City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)
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Keiji Sakakida
Character:
Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)
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Takuzō Kumagai
Character:
Fire Department Staff (uncredited)
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Tsuneo Katagiri
Character:
(uncredited)
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Junpei Natsuki
Character:
Patient (uncredited)
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Hiroshi Koizumi
Character:
Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
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Jun'ichirō Mukai
Character:
(uncredited)
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Sōjirō Motoki
Character:
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Kyoko Aoyama
Character:
Schoolgirl (uncredited)