In the mood for 'Ikiru' right from your couch? Below, you’ll find streaming services and cable providers with rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can pick what works best for you. 'Ikiru' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Criterion Channel, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Prime Video, Apple TV Store, Kanopy in the US.
Here are a few key highlights to round things out 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 reflects reviews from 1,373 active users.
Want the short version of the plot? 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."
