The Shawshank Redemption
Drama · Crime
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Film / 1952
Ikiru
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Takashi ShimuraKanji Watanabe
Haruo TanakaSakai
Nobuo KanekoMitsuo, son of Kanji
Bokuzen HidariOhara
Miki OdagiriToyo
Shinichi HimoriKimura
Minoru ChiakiNoguchi
Minosuke YamadaSubordinate Clerk Saito
Kamatari FujiwaraSub-Section Chief Ono
Makoto KoboriKiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Nobuo NakamuraDeputy Mayor
Atsushi WatanabePatient
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Isao KimuraIntern
Masao ShimizuDoctor
Yūnosuke ItōNovelist
Yoshie MinamiThe Maid
Kumeko UrabeTatsu Watanabe
Eiko MiyoshiHousewife
Noriko HonmaHousewife
Yatsuko Tan'amiBar Hostess
Kin SugaiHousewife
Kyôko SekiKazue Watanabe
Kusuo AbeCity Assemblyman
Tomo'o NagaiNewspaperman
Seiji MiyaguchiYakuza Boss
Daisuke KatōYakuza
Hiroshi HayashiYakuza
Fuyuki MurakamiNewspaperman
Hirayoshi AonoNewspaperman
Toranosuke OgawaPark Section Chief
Akira SeraWorker in General Affairs
Ichirō ChibaPoliceman
Akira TaniBar Owner
Yōyō KojimaWorker in Sewage Section
Toshiyuki IchimuraPianist
Harue KuramotoDancer
Rasa SayaStripper
Taizō FukamiBaseball Spectator
Tateo KawasakiCivil Engineering Section Staff
Keiichirō KatsumotoPark Division Staff
Haruko ToyamaCabaret Woman
Sachio SakaiYakuza (uncredited)
Shōichi HiroseYakuza (uncredited)
Kôji UnoYakuza (uncredited)
Yaeko IzumoHousewife (uncredited)
Jirô MitsuakiCity Hall Executive (uncredited)
Sôkichi MakiGeneral Manager (uncredited)
Haruo SuzukiSanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)
Takeo Nagashima(uncredited)
Kazuo Imai(uncredited)
Shigeo Katō(uncredited)
Hiroshi AkitsuInfectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)
Ippei KawagoeRoad Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Mitsuo TsudaCity Planning Receptionist (uncredited)
Keiji SakakidaLand Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Takuzō KumagaiFire Department Staff (uncredited)
Tsuneo Katagiri(uncredited)
Junpei NatsukiPatient (uncredited)
Hiroshi KoizumiJazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
Jun'ichirō Mukai(uncredited)
Sōjirō MotokiNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
Kyoko AoyamaSchoolgirl (uncredited)
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