Films - IKIRU (TO LIVE)


Ikiru (To Live) Parental Guidance

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Kanji Watanabe is a longtime bureaucrat in a city office who, along with the rest of the office, spends his entire working life doing nothing of significance. After discovering he is suffering from a terminal illness, Kanji becomes intensely self-absorbed until he finds a mission to build a playground for the children in an urban ghetto as a way of coming to peace with his life.

  • Cast:Takashi Shimura, Shinichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka, Minoru Chiaki, Miki Odagiri, Bokuzen Hidari, Minosuke Yamada, Kamatari Fujiwara, Makoto Kobori, Nobuo Kaneko
  • Director:Akira Kurasawa
  • Producer:Shojiro Motoki
  • Writer:Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa
  • Duration:143
  • Release:In Cinemas Now
  • Genre:Drama
  • Distributor:Cowboy Pictures



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