Ikiru

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About Ikiru

Ikiru is a 1952 Japanese-language drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa. The cast is led by Takashi Shimura, Haruo Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko. It has a runtime of 2h 23m. Viewers rate it 8.3/10 across 1300 ratings. In United States, it is currently streaming on HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, Criterion Channel.

Ikiru was produced by TOHO and made in Japan. It was released on October 9, 1952, and carries a NR certification. Made on a budget of about $0 million, it went on to gross $0 million worldwide.

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Writers

Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni

Release date

October 9, 1952

OTT release

October 27, 2015

Original language

Japanese

Age rating

NR

Status

Released

Country

Japan

Budget

$0 million

Box office

$0 million

Production

TOHO

Ikiru cast & crew

Ikiru was directed by Akira Kurosawa and written by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni.

The cast features Takashi Shimura as Kanji Watanabe, Haruo Tanaka as Sakai, Nobuo Kaneko as Mitsuo, son of Kanji, Bokuzen Hidari as Ohara, Miki Odagiri as Toyo, and Shinichi Himori as Kimura.

Behind the camera, the score was composed by Fumio Hayasaka, cinematography is by Asakazu Nakai, and it was produced by Sōjirō Motoki.

Is Ikiru worth watching?

Ikiru holds an audience score of 8.3/10 from 1,348 ratings, ranking it among the most acclaimed drama films.

At 2h 23m, it's a standard feature-length watch.

If you enjoy drama, Ikiru is worth a place on your watchlist.

How and where to watch Ikiru

In United States, you can stream Ikiru on HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, Criterion Channel, HBO Max, and Kanopy, or rent and buy it on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. Click any service above to open it directly.

It first became available to stream digitally on October 27, 2015.

Streaming rights change country by country and month by month, so the options above reflect United States today — switch your country at the top of the where-to-watch section to see availability elsewhere.

Cast of Ikiru

Takashi Shimura

Kanji Watanabe

Haruo Tanaka

Sakai

Nobuo Kaneko

Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari

Ohara

Miki Odagiri

Toyo

Shinichi Himori

Kimura

Minoru Chiaki

Noguchi

Minosuke Yamada

Subordinate Clerk Saito

Kamatari Fujiwara

Sub-Section Chief Ono

Makoto Kobori

Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Nobuo Nakamura

Deputy Mayor

Atsushi Watanabe

Patient

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