Akira Kurosawa
Ikiru
Edition 1977
143'
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1952
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Drama
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Dialogue:
Japanese
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Composer:
Fumio Hayasaka
With:
Takashi Shimura, Shin'ichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka
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...
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Credits
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Composer
Fumio Hayasaka
With
Takashi Shimura, Shin'ichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka
Scenario
Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
Director of Photography
Asakazu Nakai
Editor
Kôichi Iwashita
Producer
Sôjirô Motoki
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Dialogue
Japanese
Countries of production
Japan
Year
1952