# Ikiru (1952) — on MUBI?

- **Director:** Akira Kurosawa
- **Cast:** Takashi Shimura, Haruo Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Bokuzen Hidari, Miki Odagiri
- **Genres:** Drama
- **Runtime:** 143 min
- **MUBI rating:** 9.0/10 (6221 ratings)

_Not currently on MUBI (left the catalog)._

## 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.

Watch on MUBI: https://mubi.com/films/ikiru

Page: https://mubimap.com/film/ikiru/ · Data: MUBI catalog (42 countries) + TMDB · Updated 2026-09-10