Ikiru (1952)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

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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.

Genre: Drama

Language: ja

Production

Cinematographer: Asakazu Nakai · Composer: Fumio Hayasaka · Editor: Akira Kurosawa

Production: TOHO

Budget: $85K

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