Currently on 7 streaming services & also available on disc.

Ikiru (1952)

Original Title: 生きる

3996.

-21

JustWatch Icon83%
8.3 (105k)
2h 23min
Ikiru

Ikiru streaming: where to watch online?

Currently you are able to watch "Ikiru" streaming on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max. It is also possible to buy "Ikiru" on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home as download or rent it on Amazon Video, Fandango At Home, Apple TV Store online.

Besides streaming, you can also buy the movie on DVD from Barnes & Noble and on Blu-ray from Amazon DVD / Blu-ray.

You can also stream the title for free on Kanopy.

Synopsis

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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Where does Ikiru rank today?

The JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts are calculated by user activity within the last 24 hours. This includes clicking on a streaming offer, adding a title to a watchlist, and marking a title as 'seen'. This includes data from ~1.7 million movie & TV show fans per day.

Ikiru is 3996 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved down the charts by -21 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Impuratus but less popular than Settlers.

Rank Title

3992.

+16

3993.

-59

3994.

-59

3995.

-14

3996.

-21

3997.

+14

3998.

-14

3999.

+14

4000.

-26

Streaming charts last updated: ,

Cast

Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura

Kanji Watanabe

Haruo Tanaka
Haruo Tanaka

Sakai

Nobuo Kaneko
Nobuo Kaneko

Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari
Bokuzen Hidari

Ohara

Miki Odagiri
Miki Odagiri

Toyo

Shinichi Himori
Shinichi Himori

Kimura

Minoru Chiaki
Minoru Chiaki

Noguchi

Minosuke Yamada
Minosuke Yamada

Subordinate Clerk Saito

Kamatari Fujiwara
Kamatari Fujiwara

Sub-Section Chief Ono

Makoto Kobori
Makoto Kobori

Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Nobuo Nakamura
Nobuo Nakamura

Deputy Mayor

Atsushi Watanabe
Atsushi Watanabe

Patient

Isao Kimura
Isao Kimura

Intern

Masao Shimizu
Masao Shimizu

Doctor

Yūnosuke Itō
Yūnosuke Itō

Novelist

Yoshie Minami
Yoshie Minami

The Maid

Kumeko Urabe
Kumeko Urabe

Tatsu Watanabe

Eiko Miyoshi
Eiko Miyoshi

Housewife

Noriko Honma
Noriko Honma

Housewife

Yatsuko Tan'ami
Yatsuko Tan'ami

Bar Hostess

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