Ikiru (1952)
Drama · 2h 23m · 12/1/2015
Description
One of the greatest achievements by Akira Kurosawa, Ikiru shows the director at his most compassionate—affirming life through an exploration of death. Takashi Shimura beautifully portrays Kanji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer who is impelled to find meaning in his final days. Presented in a radically conceived two-part structure and shot with a perceptive, humanistic clarity of vision, Ikiru is a multifaceted look at what it means to be alive.
Release Country
United StatesBarcode
715515161213Release Date
12/1/2015Media Type
MovieAudio
 |
Japanese | PCM | | ||
 |
Language_Commentary |  |
|
Digital Copy
Not IncludedStudio
Toho Company Limited/Janus Films/The Criterion CollectionSubtitles
EnglishVideo Format
1080pAspect Ratio
1.37:1Cover Type
CoverTypeKeep Case (HD, Low)Discs
Watch Alternatives
Akira Tani
Bar OwnerTomoo Nagai
Newspaperman (as Tomo Nagai)Bokuzen Hidari
OharaYatsuko Tanami
Bar HostessKumeko Urabe
Tatsu Watanabe, Kiichi's Wife
Kamatari Fujiwara
Sub-Section Chief OnoYoko Kajima
Worker in Sewage SectionHaruo Tanaka
SakaiMiki Odagiri
Toyo Odagiri, employeeKin Sugai
Housewife
Takashi Shimura
Kanji WatanabeAtsushi Watanabe
PatientIsao Kimura
InternNobuo Kaneko
Mitsuo Watanabe, Kanji's sonMinosuke Yamada
Subordinate Clerk SaitoMiki Hayashi
Second YakuzaJunpei Natsuki
Hand-Washing Cancer PatientEiko Miyoshi
HousewifeSachio Sakai
YakuzaNobuo Nakamura
Deputy MayorSeiji Miyaguchi
Yakuza BossToshiyuki Ichimura
PianistMie
Woman in Dance HallHirayoshi Aono
NewspapermanLasa Saya
StripperAkira Sera
Worker in General AffairsKusuo Abe
City AssemblymanHarue Kuramoto
DancerIchirô Chiba
PolicemanShinichi Himori
KimuraYoshie Minami
The MaidKyôko Seki
Kazue Watanabe, Mitsuo's wifeYûnosuke Itô
Novelist
Toranosuke Ogawa
Park Section ChiefFuyuki Murakami
NewspapermanFumiko Honma
Housewife
Masao Shimizu
DoctorMakoto Kobori
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Daisuke Katô
Yakuza
Akira Kurosawa
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
WriterShinobu Hashimoto
WriterHideo Oguni
WriterSôjirô Motoki
ProducerAsakazu Nakai
CinematograpyKôichi Iwashita
EditorFumio Hayasaka
MusicFumio Yanoguchi
Sound
Takashi Matsuyama
Art
