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Ikiru

Ikiru (1956) - Where to Watch

Audience Score
83

About to dive into 'Ikiru' at home? We’ve rounded up ways to watch including rental, purchase, and subscription options, all in one place. 'Ikiru' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV Store, Prime Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Kanopy in the US.

Here are a few more things worth knowing about the TOHO drama flick. Ikiru starring Takashi Shimura, Haruo Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Bokuzen Hidari has a NR rating, a runtime of about 2 hr 23 min. The release date of the movie is March 25th, 1956. The movie received a user score of 83/100 on TMDb, which is derived from reviews from 1,262 engaged users.

Looking for a quick synopsis? Here's the plot: "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."

'Ikiru' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on March 25th, 1956
Watch Full Movie on Digital or Stream on Demand starting October 27th, 2015