Ikiru (1952) | Full Cast

Akira Kurosawa

DIRECTOR

Takashi Shimura

Kanji Watanabe

Nobuo Kaneko

Mitsuo Watanabe, Kanji's son

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 Nakamura

Deputy Mayor

Atsushi Watanabe

Patient

Isao Kimura

Intern

Masao Shimizu

Doctor

Yûnosuke Itô

Novelist

Kumeko Urabe

Tatsu Watanabe, Kiichi's Wife

Eiko Miyoshi

Housewife

Noriko Honma

Housewife

Yatsuko Tan'ami

Bar Hostess

Kin Sugai

Housewife

Yoshie Minami

The Maid

Kyôko Seki

Kazue Watanabe, Mitsuo's wife

Kusuo Abe

City Assemblyman

Tomo'o Nagai

Newspaperman

Seiji Miyaguchi

Yakuza Boss

Daisuke Katô

Yakuza

Hiroshi Hayashi

Second Yakuza

Fuyuki Murakami

Newspaperman

Hirayoshi Aono

Newspaperman

Toranosuke Ogawa

Park Section Chief

Taizô Fukami

Man at Baseball Field

Katao Kawasaki

Worker in Civil Engineering

Keiichirô Katsumoto

Worker in Park Section

Fujio Nagahama

Worker in Sewage Section

Akira Sera

Worker in General Affairs

Ichirô Chiba

Policeman

Akira Tani

Bar Owner

Yôyô Kojima

Worker in Sewage Section

Haruko Toyama

Woman at Cabaret

Mie Asô

Woman at Cabaret

Toshiyuki Ichimura

Pianist

Harue Kuramoto

Dancer

Rasa Saya

Stripper

Hiroshi Akitsu

Insect Epidemic Village Office Staff Memberuncredited

Shigeo Katô

Government bureaucratuncredited

Junpei Natsuki

Hand-Washing Cancer Patientuncredited

Sachio Sakai

Yakuzauncredited