Ikiru

Released Year: 1952

Certificate: Not Rated

Runtime: 143 minutes

Genre: Drama

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 0

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Stars: Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Shin'ichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka

No of Votes: 68463

Gross: 55240

Overview: A bureaucrat tries to find a meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.

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