🎬 Drama

Ikiru

"A big story of a little man which will grip your soul..."

⭐ 8.3/10 1952 2h 23m Dir. Akira Kurosawa

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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.

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8.3/10 1,348 votes

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Year
1952
Runtime
2h 23m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 8.3/10
Votes
1,348
Genre
Drama
Director
Language
JA

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎬 Akira Kurosawa 👤 Takashi Shimura 👤 Haruo Tanaka 👤 Nobuo Kaneko
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Ikiru has a runtime of 2h 23m (2 hours and 23 minutes).
Ikiru was directed by Akira Kurosawa and released in 1952.
Ikiru is a Drama film (1952).
The cast of Ikiru includes Takashi Shimura, Haruo Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Bokuzen Hidari, Miki Odagiri.
Ikiru has a TMDB rating of 8.3/10 based on 1,348 votes.

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