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.
Ikiru has generally received very positive reviews.
Review of Ikiru (1952)
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Review of Ikiru (1952)
Review of Ikiru (1952)
By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 02 Mar 2003
Review of Ikiru (1952)
Review of Ikiru (1952)
By David Parkinson (764) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 26 Apr 2009
Review of Ikiru (1952)
Review of Ikiru (1952)
By Michael H (3,299) on 04 Jun 2008
Review of Ikiru (1952)
Review of Ikiru (1952)
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Ikiru was released in 1952 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 636 reviews, giving Ikiru (1952) an average rating of 87%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 95% and users giving an average score of 93%.
With a score of 87%, Ikiru is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1952, which stands at 61%.
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