Ikiru
“A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...”
8.4 / 10
Synopsis
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 Shimura·Kanji Watanabe
Haruo Tanaka·Sakai
Nobuo Kaneko·Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Bokuzen Hidari·Ohara
Miki Odagiri·Toyo
Shinichi Himori·Kimura
Minoru Chiaki·Noguchi
Minosuke Yamada·Subordinate Clerk Saito
Kamatari Fujiwara·Sub-Section Chief Ono
Makoto Kobori·Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Average shot length
16.1s per shot
Akira Kurosawa's career average is 14.5s across 21 measured films —see the full picture.