To Live, To Die, and My Dad

8.0

Tokiko’s mother died 20 years ago and her father Tetsuya is now in his 70's. Her father has a free spirit and is cute. Tokiko is in her mid 40's and still single. She has a strong personality. In their past, Tokiko…

Takeuchi Momoko

Takeuchi Momoko is a Japanese actress.

Watanabe Tomoki

Watanabe Tomoki is a Japanese actor.

Tadenuma Yui

Yamato Yuki

Yamato Yuki is a Japanese screenwriter and director born in Kariya, Japan. (Source: Wikipedia)

Saito Nari

Saito Nari is a Japanese actress.

Kikuchi Takeo

Ijima Ku

Matsumoto Kiyo

Matsumoto Kiyo is a Japanese actress.

Hagiwara Minori

Hagiwara Minori is a former Japanese actress. She retired from the entertainment industry in 2023. (Source: MyDramaList)

Tanaka Minami

Tanaka Minami is a Japanese announcer and actress born in New York City, US, and was given the middle name of Amy. Soon after her birth, her family moved to Japan but after her first year in elementary school, she lived in London and San Francisco before returning to Japan for junior high school. She…

Ikiru

7.3

The drama will tell the story of a section chief in an overly bureaucratic city hall. He finds out that he has stomach cancer, and does not have long to live. Trying to cope with his impending death, he eventually…

Ikiru

8.2

Watanabe Kanji is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for thirty years. His wife is dead and his son and daughter-in-law, who live with him, seem to care mainly about Watanabe's…

Ikiru: Okawa Shogakko Tsunami Saiban wo Tatakatta Hito Tachi

This documentary is compiled from 10 years of footage shot by some of the parents who want answers as to why they lost their children at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, due to the Great…

Wakarete Ikiru Tokimo

Ninshisho to Ikiru Kibo no Shohosen

This documentary from director Kazuyuki Nozawa looks at the effects of music on dementia patients. Music therapy could be a big help for societies with large elderly populations since there is currently no cure for…

Yume ni Ikiru

Soshite, Ikiru: The Movie

7.0

Despite losing her parents at age three in a car accident, Toko experiences an idyllic childhood thanks to her uncle, who raises her. She dreams of becoming an actress and, having had some local notoriety in her town,…

Mama to Papa ga Ikiru Riyuu

7.5

Two years after the birth of her second child, 34-year-old Yoshioka Toko is diagnosed with breast cancer. Furthermore, surgery is not possible because she is terminally ill, but the doctor is not certain of her life…

Boku no Ikiru Michi

7.7

A high school teacher living a normal life suddenly receives the news that he only has a year to live. Hideo Nakamura suffers from fear of death and mental confusion while regretting his past. He decides to make his…