Ikiru
Trailer: Ikiru
Year: 1952
Genre: Drama
Studio: TOHO
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Takashi Shimura, Haruo Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Bokuzen Hidari, Miki Odagiri, Shinichi Himori
Crew: Akira Kurosawa (Director), Asakazu Nakai (Director of Photography), Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay), Akira Kurosawa (Editor), Shinobu Hashimoto (Screenplay), Sōjirō Motoki (Producer)
Runtime: 143 minutes
Release: Oct 09, 1952
IMDb: 8.32/10 by 1,193 users
Popularity: 5
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Budget: 0
Revenue: 55

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