
- Country: Japan
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1956-03-25
- Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Writers: Shinobu Hashimoto , Hideo Oguni
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Takashi Shimura , Nobuo Kaneko , Shinichi Himori , Haruo Tanaka
- Runtime: 143 min
- Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award5 wins & 2 nominations total
- AKA: Gyventi (Lithuania) , Ikiru (United Kingdom) , Živeti , Živeti (Slovenia) , Да се живее (Bulgaria) , Viver (Brazil) , Élni (Hungary) , 生きる(1952) (Japan) , Vivir (Argentina) , El Predestinado , Ikiru - Tuomittu (Finland) , Ikiru - Vivir (Mexico) , Žít (Czech Republic) , Vivre (Canada) , Ikiru - At leve (Denmark) , Piętno śmierci (Poland) , Ikiru - Einmal wirklich leben , Ikiru (New Zealand) , 生之慾 (Taiwan) , Vivre (France, French Republic) , Живети (Serbia) , Ikiru - Einmal wirklich leben (Germany) , At leve (Denmark) , Leben! , Vivir (Spain) , Living , Жить , Å leve (Norway) , Ikiru (United States of America) , Doomed , Att leva (Sweden) , A trai (Romania) , Vivere (Italy) , Ikiru (Canada) , Vivre enfin un seul jour (France, French Republic) , Ikiru (Australia) , Ο καταδικασμένος (Greece) , Жити (Ukraine) , Živeti , Vivir (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , To Live , Ikiru , Yaşamak (Turkey)At leve, Att leva, Doomed, Élni, Ikiru - At leve, Ikiru - Einmal wirklich leben, Ikiru - Tuomittu, Ikiru - Vivir, Leben!, Living, O katadikasmenos, Pietno smierci, To Live, Viver, Vivere, Vivir, Vivre, Vivre enfin un seul jour, Yasamak, Živeti, Да се живее, Жить, 活下去, 生きる, 生之欲, 留芳颂
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0044741


Ikiru Cast

Akira Kurosawa
Director

Takashi Shimura
Kanji Watanabe

Nobuo Kaneko
Mitsuo Watanabe, Kanji's son

Shinichi Himori
Kimura

Haruo Tanaka
Sakai