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Ikiru

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

Ikiru

Movie1952•2sa 23dk•star8.3(1,373)•trending_up14

Drama

Director:Akira Kurosawa

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.

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Original Title生きる

StatusReleased

Release DateOctober 9, 1952

Release Dates

Australia:

Limited - Oct 25, 2024 (PG)

Physical - Apr 7, 2006 (PG)

Germany:

Physical - Apr 27, 2014 (16)

Spain:

Theatrical - Jan 24, 1972

France:

Premiere - Oct 9, 1952

Theatrical - Aug 31, 1966 (TP)

Physical - Apr 27, 2016

United Kingdom:

Theatrical - Apr 30, 1958 (PG)

Runtime2sa 23dk

Budget$85,000

Revenue$55,240

Profit-$29,760

Origin CountryJapan

Original LanguageJapanese

Spoken Languages日本語

Keywords

dying and death japan bureaucracy age difference praise office night life sense of life playground obsequies swing loneliness office politics black and white co-workers relationship

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