Movie
Ikiru
A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
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Checked Sep 1, 2026
Ikiru is available to stream on DirecTV On Demand, HBO (Via Hulu), HBO Max, HBO Max (Via Amazon Prime), and The Criterion Channel in United States. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon, Apple TV, Fandango at Home, and Google Play. Use the direct links below to open the provider.
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Synopsis
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
More about Ikiru
Cast
Takashi ShimuraKanji Watanabe
Haruo TanakaSakai
Nobuo KanekoMitsuo, son of Kanji
Bokuzen HidariOhara
Miki OdagiriToyo
Shinichi HimoriKimura
Minoru ChiakiNoguchi
Minosuke YamadaSubordinate Clerk SaitoCredits
- Directed by
- Akira Kurosawa
- Written by
- Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- 生きる
- Budget
- $85K
- Box office
- $55.2K
Production
TOHOJapan
