Ikiru

Movie
Title生きる
User score

8.3

Release dateOct 9, 1952
GenreDrama
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
Production countryJapan
Production companiesTOHO
Revenue$55,240
Run time143 min.

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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Ikiru (1952) Original Trailer [4K]

Jun 30, 2023

Ikiru - The Moment He Started Living

Oct 10, 2012

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