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Ikiru
1952Age guide: 7+
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Checked 11 Nov 2026 · Data: JustWatch
See it on the shelfKanji 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.
★ 8.3/10 · 1,427 TMDB audience ratings
Starring
Takashi ShimuraKanji Watanabe
Haruo TanakaSakai
Nobuo KanekoMitsuo, son of Kanji
Bokuzen HidariOhara
Miki OdagiriToyo
Shinichi HimoriKimura
Minoru ChiakiNoguchi
Minosuke YamadaSubordinate Clerk Saito
Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers
CinemaSerf: Takashi Shimura is "Watanabe", an elderly civil service lifer who is told that he has terminal stomach cancer. After years of a disciplined,… Read full review
Peter McGinn: I watched the English follow-up version (Living) before watching this original, and wished I had reversed my order. I liked Living much more… Read full review