Ikiru (1956) Streaming - Where to Watch Online

Eager to watch 'Ikiru' right from your couch? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Akira Kurosawa-directed movie via subscription can be a challenge, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'Ikiru' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'Ikiru' right now, here are some details 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, and a scheduled release date of March 25th, 1956.

It received a user score of 83/100 on TMDb, which collated reviews from 1,253 respected users.

Need a quick rundown of the movie? 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' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Fandango At Home, Apple TV, HBO Max, Prime Video, Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Kanopy, and YouTube .