IMDb
8.3 /10
102k votes


Drama · 1952 · 2h 23min
生きる
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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TOHOIMDb
8.3 /10
102k votes
Rotten Tomatoes
The tomato isn't ripe
Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
8.3 /10
1k votes
Letterboxd
9.0 /10
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Weighted average
8.5/10
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Ikiru (1952) Original Trailer [4K]
