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title: "Ikiru: cast and crew"
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cast: 60
crew: 15
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# Ikiru (1952): cast and crew

60 cast and 15 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Takashi Shimura](https://film.one/person/takashi-shimura.md) as Kanji Watanabe
- [Haruo Tanaka](https://film.one/person/haruo-tanaka.md) as Sakai
- [Nobuo Kaneko](https://film.one/person/nobuo-kaneko.md) as Mitsuo, son of Kanji
- [Bokuzen Hidari](https://film.one/person/bokuzen-hidari.md) as Ohara
- [Miki Odagiri](https://film.one/person/miki-odagiri.md) as Toyo
- [Shinichi Himori](https://film.one/person/shinichi-himori.md) as Kimura
- [Minoru Chiaki](https://film.one/person/minoru-chiaki.md) as Noguchi
- [Minosuke Yamada](https://film.one/person/minosuke-yamada.md) as Subordinate Clerk Saito
- [Kamatari Fujiwara](https://film.one/person/kamatari-fujiwara.md) as Sub-Section Chief Ono
- [Makoto Kobori](https://film.one/person/makoto-kobori.md) as Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
- [Nobuo Nakamura](https://film.one/person/nobuo-nakamura.md) as Deputy Mayor
- [Atsushi Watanabe](https://film.one/person/atsushi-watanabe.md) as Patient
- [Isao Kimura](https://film.one/person/isao-kimura.md) as Intern
- [Masao Shimizu](https://film.one/person/masao-shimizu.md) as Doctor
- [Yūnosuke Itō](https://film.one/person/yunosuke-ito.md) as Novelist
- Yoshie Minami as The Maid
- Kumeko Urabe as Tatsu Watanabe
- Eiko Miyoshi as Housewife
- [Noriko Honma](https://film.one/person/noriko-honma.md) as Housewife
- Yatsuko Tan'ami as Bar Hostess
- Kin Sugai as Housewife
- Kyôko Seki as Kazue Watanabe
- Kusuo Abe as City Assemblyman
- Tomo'o Nagai as Newspaperman
- [Seiji Miyaguchi](https://film.one/person/seiji-miyaguchi.md) as Yakuza Boss
- [Daisuke Katō](https://film.one/person/daisuke-kato.md) as Yakuza
- [Hiroshi Hayashi](https://film.one/person/hiroshi-hayashi.md) as Yakuza
- [Fuyuki Murakami](https://film.one/person/fuyuki-murakami.md) as Newspaperman
- Hirayoshi Aono as Newspaperman
- [Toranosuke Ogawa](https://film.one/person/toranosuke-ogawa.md) as Park Section Chief
- Akira Sera as Worker in General Affairs
- Ichirō Chiba as Policeman
- Akira Tani as Bar Owner
- Yōyō Kojima as Worker in Sewage Section
- Toshiyuki Ichimura as Pianist
- Harue Kuramoto as Dancer
- Rasa Saya as Stripper
- Taizō Fukami as Baseball Spectator
- Tateo Kawasaki as Civil Engineering Section Staff
- Keiichirō Katsumoto as Park Division Staff
- Haruko Toyama as Cabaret Woman
- [Sachio Sakai](https://film.one/person/sachio-sakai.md) as Yakuza (uncredited)
- Shōichi Hirose as Yakuza (uncredited)
- Kôji Uno as Yakuza (uncredited)
- Yaeko Izumo as Housewife (uncredited)
- Jirô Mitsuaki as City Hall Executive (uncredited)
- Sôkichi Maki as General Manager (uncredited)
- Haruo Suzuki as Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)
- Takeo Nagashima as (uncredited)
- Kazuo Imai as (uncredited)
- Shigeo Katō as (uncredited)
- Hiroshi Akitsu as Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)
- Ippei Kawagoe as Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)
- Mitsuo Tsuda as City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)
- [Keiji Sakakida](https://film.one/person/keiji-sakakida.md) as Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)
- Takuzō Kumagai as Fire Department Staff (uncredited)
- Tsuneo Katagiri as (uncredited)
- Junpei Natsuki as Patient (uncredited)
- Hiroshi Koizumi as Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
- Jun'ichirō Mukai as (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Akira Kurosawa](https://film.one/person/akira-kurosawa.md): Director
- Hiromichi Horikawa: Assistant Director
- Hisanobu Marubayashi: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Akira Kurosawa](https://film.one/person/akira-kurosawa.md): Screenplay
- [Shinobu Hashimoto](https://film.one/person/shinobu-hashimoto.md): Screenplay
- [Hideo Oguni](https://film.one/person/hideo-oguni.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Sōjirō Motoki](https://film.one/person/sojiro-motoki.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Asakazu Nakai](https://film.one/person/asakazu-nakai.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Akira Kurosawa](https://film.one/person/akira-kurosawa.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- Ichirô Minawa: Sound Effects Editor
- [Fumio Hayasaka](https://film.one/person/fumio-hayasaka.md): Original Music Composer
- Hideo Nishizaki: Sound Recordist

## Art

- Akio Nojima: Set Decoration
- [Takashi Matsuyama](https://film.one/person/takashi-matsuyama.md): Production Design

## Lighting

- Shinji Kojima: Lighting Technician

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