Ikiru (1952)

Name: Ikiru
Released: 1952-10-09
Duration: 143 min

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Director: Akira Kurosawa
Runtime: 143 minutes
Original release date: 1952-10-09 (TMDB; may differ from the UK release)
Original title: 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.

London screenings

All dates and times are in London time. These listings reflect the programme update below.

23 November 2026 at 14:30 · Prince Charles Cinema, 7 Leicester Place, London, WC2H 7BY, UK · Ikiru · 35mm · Book with the cinema
10 January 2027 at 20:00 · Prince Charles Cinema, 7 Leicester Place, London, WC2H 7BY, UK · Ikiru · 35mm · Book with the cinema