Matsumoto Kōshirō
Kurosawa believed William Shakespeare's play "Macbeth" could serve as a cautionary tale complementing "Ikiru", thus directing his 1957 film "Throne of Blood". "Ikiru" was remade as a Japanese television film that debuted on TV Asahi on 9 September 2007, the day after a remake of Kurosawa's "High and Low". The "Ikiru" remake stars kabuki actor Matsumoto Kōshirō IX.