What is Ikiru's IQ Score?

Ikiru has an IQ Score of 185/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 46/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 48/50 Educational Value, and 44/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Ikiru educational?

Ikiru is strong on educational value, 48/50 on TVI's rubric, which covers academic content, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, life skills, and knowledge transfer.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Ikiru , IQ Score 185/200

Name: Ikiru
Genre: drama
Rating: 9.2

Ikiru has an IQ Score of 185/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MPH·Updated 2026-05-21·Methodology

drama

185/ 200

Masterclass TVI Essential

Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity

Ikiru poster, IQ Score 185/200, Masterclass tier on TV Intelligentsia

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Methodology reviewed by Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician scientist. Master of Public Health, with substantial coursework in research methodology. Reviews the rubric and its application across the adult catalog.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,282 titles, version-controlled

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TVI Essential · Consensus

Ikiru scores 185/200 on the TVI IQ Score, Masterclass tier. A terminally ill Tokyo bureaucrat spends his remaining time building a small park, earning Cultural Impact, Intellectual Substance, and Lasting Significance. TVI Essential is an editorial designation; IQ Score is a content rating, not an intelligence measurement.

The TVI Take

A terminally ill Tokyo bureaucrat spends his remaining time building a small park. Kurosawa's most humanist film, a meditation on meaning, institutional inertia, and what it takes to make even one small thing better.

The structure, jumping forward after his death to reconstruct his final months through witnesses, demands active interpretation.

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