Details
Title: 生きる
Title (romaji): Ikiru
Title (English): Live
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Human drama
Viewership rating: 11.7
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast date: 2007-Sep-9
Air time: Sunday 21:00
Synopsis
The drama will tell the story of a section chief in an overly bureaucratic city hall. He finds out that he has stomach cancer, and does not have long to live. Trying to cope with his impending death, he eventually finds meaning in his life by working to create a children's park. --Tokyograph
Cast
Matsumoto Koshiro
Fukada Kyoko
Kitamura Kazuki
Yusuke Santamaria
Nishimura Masahiko
Watanabe Ikkei
Yamada Meikyo
Ono Takehiko
Kishibe Ittoku
Sato Jiro
Tonesaku Toshihide
Lasalle Ishii
Hatano Hiroko
Sawamura Ikki
Osugi Ren
Kimura Yuichi
Hiraga Masaomi
Omiya Taro
Okayama Hajime
Ogura Ichiro (小倉一郎)
Kasai Kenji
Toji Takao
Mori Kiyuki (森喜行)
Kubo Akira
Miyata Sanae (宮田早苗)
Aota Kazuyo (青木和代)
Ban Minako (伴美奈子)
Yamazaki Shigenori
Sawatari Minoru (佐渡稔)
Seki Keisuke
Production Credits
Screenwriters: Kurosawa Akira (黒澤明), Hashimoto Shinobu (橋本忍), Oguni Hideo (小国英雄)
Chief producer: Igarashi Fumio
Producers: Uchiyama Satoko (内山聖子), Shoji Hidefumi (東海林秀文)
Director: Fujita Meiji (藤田明二)
Music: Watanabe Yuichi (渡辺雄一)
Notes
Based off Akira Kurosawa's acclaimed 1952 film "Ikiru."
