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82.8
Drama

Ikiru

Drama

Ikiru

1952 · 143 min · Japan · Japanese

Ikiru (1952) has a goodrecmovies Score of 82.8, ranked #60 among movies on goodrecmovies (goodrecmovies tier: essential). It's a Drama movie rated 8.3/10 on IMDb from 104,694 votes. Updated

82.8goodrecmovies Score
#60rank on siterank
1.7%top
★ 8.3IMDb · 105k

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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Top cast

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Takashi Shimura
Kanji Watanabe
Nobuo Kaneko
Mitsuo Watanabe, Kanji's son
Shinichi Himori
Kimura
Haruo Tanaka
Sakai
Minoru Chiaki
Noguchi
Miki Odagiri
Toyo Odagiri, employee
Bokuzen Hidari
Ohara
Minosuke Yamada
Subordinate Clerk Saito
Kamatari Fujiwara
Sub-Section Chief Ono
Makoto Kobori
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

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Top cast

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TTakashi ShimuraKanji WatanabeNNobuo KanekoMitsuo Watanabe, Kanji's sonSShinichi HimoriKimuraHHaruo TanakaSakaiMMinoru ChiakiNoguchiMMiki OdagiriToyo Odagiri, employeeBBokuzen HidariOharaMMinosuke YamadaSubordinate Clerk SaitoKKamatari FujiwaraSub-Section Chief OnoMMakoto KoboriKiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

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