Ikiru (1952)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Takashi Shimura	...	Kanji Watanabe
	Shin'ichi Himori	...	Kimura
	Haruo Tanaka	...	Sakai
	Minoru Chiaki	...	Noguchi
	Miki Odagiri	...	Toyo Odagiri, employee
	Bokuzen Hidari	...	Ohara
	Minosuke Yamada	...	Subordinate Clerk Saito
	Kamatari Fujiwara	...	Sub-Section Chief Ono
	Makoto Kobori	...	Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
	Nobuo Kaneko	...	Mitsuo Watanabe, Kanji's son
	Nobuo Nakamura	...	Deputy Mayor
	Atsushi Watanabe	...	Patient
	Isao Kimura	...	Intern
	Masao Shimizu	...	Doctor
	Yûnosuke Itô	...	Novelist

Storyline

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. He learns he is dying of cancer and wants to find some meaning in his life. He finds himself unable to talk with his family, and spends a night on the town with a novelist, but that leaves him unfulfilled. He next spends time with a young woman from his office, but finally decides he can make a difference through his job... After Watanabe's death, co-workers at his funeral discuss his behavior over the last several months and debate why he suddenly became assertive in his job to promote a city park, and resolve to be more like Watanabe. Written by Mike Rosenlof <mrosenlof@qualcomm.com>  

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