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Where to Watch Ikiru(1952)

“A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...”

8.3IMDb
98%Rotten Tomatoes
92Metascore
Drama2h 23m

Looking for where to watch Ikiru? You can currently find Ikiru online through HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, and Criterion Channel. Availability changes often, so we separate subscription, free, rental, and purchase options below.

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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