Ikiru (2003)

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NR | 2 hr 23 mins | Drama | Released: 1/3/2003 |Box Office Total: $55240

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Synopsis:

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 intensly 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.

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/3/2003

Director	Credit
Akira Kurosawa	Director
Cast	Credit
Takashi Shimura	Kanji Watanabe--Chief
Nobuo Kaneko	Mitsuo Watanabe--Kanji's Son
Kyoko Seki	Kazue Watanabe--Mitsuo's Wife
Makoto Kobori	Kiichi Watanabe--Kanji's Elder Brother
Kumeko Urabe	Tatsu Watanabe--Kiichi's Wife
Yoshie Minami	Maid
Miki Odagiri	Toyo Odagiri--Girl in Watanabe's Office
Kamatari Fujiwara	Ono--Sub-Section Chief
Minosuke Yamada	Saito--Subordinate Clerk
Haruo Tanaka	Sakai--Assistant
Bokuzen Hidari	Ohara--Assistant
Shinichi Himori	Kimura--Assistant
Nobuo Nakamura	Deputy Mayor
Kazuo Abe	City Assemblyman
Masao Shimizu	Doctor
Ko Kimura	Intern
Atsushi Watanabe	Patient
Yunosuke Ito	Novelist
Yatsuko Tanami	Hostess
Fuyuki Murakami	Newspaperman
Seiji Miyaguchi	Gang Boss
Daisuke Kato	Gang Member
Kin Sugai	Housewife
Eiko Miyoshi	Housewife
Fumiko Homma	Housewife
Ichiro Chiba	Policeman
Production Credits	Credit
Shojiro Motoki	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
TM Toho Co Ltd	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Home Vision	Domestic Video Distributor
Cowboy Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Connaissance du Cinema	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Japan
Writer	Credit
Akira Kurosawa	Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa	Story By
Shinobu Hashimoto	Screenplay
Hideo Oguni	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
So Matsuyama	Art Director - art direction
Film Camera	Credit
Shigeru Mori	Lighting
Asakazu Nakai	Director of Photography
Music	Credit
Fumio Hayasaka	Music
Sound	Credit
Fumio Yanoguchi	Sound - sound recording

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