Ikiru (1952) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Cast

Takashi Shimura as Kanji Watanabe
Haruo Tanaka as Sakai
Nobuo Kaneko as Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Bokuzen Hidari as Ohara
Miki Odagiri as Toyo
Shinichi Himori as Kimura
Minoru Chiaki as Noguchi
Minosuke Yamada as Subordinate Clerk Saito
Kamatari Fujiwara as Sub-Section Chief Ono
Makoto Kobori as Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Nobuo Nakamura as Deputy Mayor
Atsushi Watanabe as Patient
Isao Kimura as Intern
Masao Shimizu as Doctor
Yūnosuke Itō as Novelist
Yoshie Minami as The Maid
Kumeko Urabe as Tatsu Watanabe
Eiko Miyoshi as Housewife
Noriko Honma as Housewife
Yatsuko Tan'ami as Bar Hostess
Kin Sugai as Housewife
Kyôko Seki as Kazue Watanabe
Kusuo Abe as City Assemblyman
Tomo'o Nagai as Newspaperman
Seiji Miyaguchi as Yakuza Boss
Daisuke Katō as Yakuza
Hiroshi Hayashi as Yakuza
Fuyuki Murakami as Newspaperman
Hirayoshi Aono as Newspaperman
Toranosuke Ogawa as Park Section Chief
Akira Sera as Worker in General Affairs
Ichirō Chiba as Policeman
Akira Tani as Bar Owner
Yōyō Kojima as Worker in Sewage Section
Toshiyuki Ichimura as Pianist
Harue Kuramoto as Dancer
Rasa Saya as Stripper
Taizō Fukami as Baseball Spectator
Tateo Kawasaki as Civil Engineering Section Staff
Keiichirō Katsumoto as Park Division Staff

Crew

Asakazu Nakai — Director of Photography
Shinobu Hashimoto — Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa — Screenplay
Sōjirō Motoki — Producer
Akira Kurosawa — Director
Hideo Oguni — Screenplay
Fumio Hayasaka — Original Music Composer

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