Movielogr
Ikiru (1952)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
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Overview
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.
Length 143 minutes
Actors
Takashi Shimura | Haruo Tanaka | Nobuo Kaneko | Bokuzen Hidari | Miki Odagiri | Shinichi Himori | Minoru Chiaki | Minosuke Yamada | Kamatari Fujiwara | Makoto Kobori | Nobuo Nakamura | Atsushi Watanabe | Isao Kimura | Masao Shimizu | Yūnosuke Itō | Yoshie Minami | Kumeko Urabe | Eiko Miyoshi | Noriko Honma | Yatsuko Tan'ami | Kin Sugai | Kyôko Seki | Kusuo Abe | Tomo'o Nagai | Seiji Miyaguchi | Daisuke Katô | Hiroshi Hayashi | Fuyuki Murakami | Hirayoshi Aono | Toranosuke Ogawa | Akira Sera | Ichirô Chiba | Akira Tani | Yôyô Kojima | Toshiyuki Ichimura | Harue Kuramoto | Rasa Saya | Taizô Fukami | Tateo Kawasaki | Keiichirô Katsumoto | Haruko Toyama | Sachio Sakai | Shôichi Hirose | Kôji Uno | Yaeko Izumo | Jirô Mitsuaki | Sôkichi Maki | Haruo Suzuki | Takeo Nagashima | Kazuo Imai | Shigeo Katô | Hiroshi Akitsu | Ippei Kawagoe | Mitsuo Tsuda | Keiji Sakakida | Takuzô Kumagai | Tsuneo Katagiri | Junpei Natsuki | Hiroshi Koizumi | Jun'ichirô Mukai | Sôjirô Motoki | Kyôko Aoyama
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/20/2012 | TV | DVD | Library | 8 stars |
| (Average) 8 stars |
Viewing Notes
First film in my Thanksgiving Kurosawa project and also my highest rated unseen film at Flickchart. Put this one off way too long mainly due to the content. Depressing indeed. But Kurosawa spins a good tale with another stellar performance by Takashi Shimura. Listened to some of the commentary which, dry as it is (entirely pre-written and read), is still rather great to hear. Will likely buy this just to absorb more of it.
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