Kanji Watanabe has worked in the same monotonous, bureaucratic position for 30 years, and he is near his retirement. His wife is dead, and his son, Mitsuo, and daughter-in-law, who … See more

• Takashi Shimura as Kanji Watanabe
• Shinichi Himori as Kimura
• Haruo Tanaka as Sakai See more

The film marked the first collaboration between director Akira Kurosawa and screenwriter Hideo Oguni. According to Oguni, the genesis of the film was Kurosawa's desire … See more

Kurosawa believed William Shakespeare's play Macbeth could serve as a cautionary tale complementing Ikiru, thus directing his 1957 film Throne of Blood. Ikiru was remade as a Japanese television film that debuted on TV Asahi on 9 September 2007, the day after … See more

Living
Death is a major theme in the film, which leads to the protagonist Watanabe's quest to find the meaning of life. Initially, Watanabe looks to … See more

In Japan, Toho released the film on 9 October 1952. The film was screened in the 1954 Berlin International Film Festival.
In the United States, the film was shown for a short time in … See more

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