Ikiru

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

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.

Drama

Takashi Shimura

(Kanji Watanabe)

Haruo Tanaka

(Sakai)

Nobuo Kaneko

(Mitsuo, son of Kanji)

Bokuzen Hidari

(Ohara)

Miki Odagiri

(Toyo)

Shinichi Himori

(Kimura)

Minoru Chiaki

(Noguchi)

Minosuke Yamada

(Subordinate Clerk Saito)

Kamatari Fujiwara

(Sub-Section Chief Ono)

Makoto Kobori

(Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother)

Nobuo Nakamura

(Deputy Mayor)

Atsushi Watanabe

(Patient)

Isao Kimura

(Intern)

Masao Shimizu

(Doctor)

Yūnosuke Itō

(Novelist)

Yoshie Minami

(The Maid)

Kumeko Urabe

(Tatsu Watanabe)

Eiko Miyoshi

(Housewife)

Noriko Honma

(Housewife)

Yatsuko Tan'ami

(Bar Hostess)

Kin Sugai

(Housewife)

Kyôko Seki

(Kazue Watanabe)

Kusuo Abe

(City Assemblyman)

Tomo'o Nagai

(Newspaperman)

Seiji Miyaguchi

(Yakuza Boss)

Daisuke Katō

(Yakuza)

Hiroshi Hayashi

(Yakuza)

Fuyuki Murakami

(Newspaperman)

Hirayoshi Aono

(Newspaperman)

Toranosuke Ogawa

(Park Section Chief)

Akira Sera

(Worker in General Affairs)

Ichirō Chiba

(Policeman)

Akira Tani

(Bar Owner)

Yōyō Kojima

(Worker in Sewage Section)

Toshiyuki Ichimura

(Pianist)

Harue Kuramoto

(Dancer)

Rasa Saya

(Stripper)

Taizō Fukami

(Baseball Spectator)

Tateo Kawasaki

(Civil Engineering Section Staff)

Keiichirô Katsumoto

(Park Division Staff)

Haruko Toyama

(Cabaret Woman)

Sachio Sakai

(Yakuza (uncredited))

Shōichi Hirose

(Yakuza (uncredited))

Kôji Uno

(Yakuza (uncredited))

Yaeko Izumo

(Housewife (uncredited))

Jirô Mitsuaki

(City Hall Executive (uncredited))

Sôkichi Maki

(General Manager (uncredited))

Haruo Suzuki

(Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited))

Takeo Nagashima

((uncredited))

Kazuo Imai

((uncredited))

Shigeo Katô

((uncredited))

Hiroshi Akitsu

(Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited))

Ippei Kawagoe

(Road Section Receptionist (uncredited))

Mitsuo Tsuda

(City Planning Receptionist (uncredited))

Keiji Sakakida

(Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited))

Takuzō Kumagai

(Fire Department Staff (uncredited))

Tsuneo Katagiri

((uncredited))

Junpei Natsuki

(Patient (uncredited))

Hiroshi Koizumi

(Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited))

Jun'ichirō Mukai

((uncredited))

Sōjirō Motoki

(Narrator (voice) (uncredited))

Kyoko Aoyama

(Schoolgirl (uncredited))