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.

Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Written by: Akira Kurosawa & Hideo Oguni & Shinobu Hashimoto
Runtime: 143 minutes
Critics score:
Tagline: A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
Cast:
Takashi Shimura Takashi Shimura
Kanji Watanabe 
Haruo Tanaka Haruo Tanaka
Sakai 
Nobuo Kaneko Nobuo Kaneko
Mitsuo, son of Kanji 
Bokuzen Hidari Bokuzen Hidari
Ohara 
Miki Odagiri Miki Odagiri
Toyo 
Shinichi Himori Shinichi Himori
Kimura 
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Also known as:
  • To Live
  • Viver
  • Ikiru Einmal richtig leben
  • 生きる
  • 이키루
  • 살다
  • Doomed
  • Viver - Ikiru
  • איקירו
  • Vivre
  • Իկիրու