Drama
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.
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Takashi Shimura
Kanji Watanabe
Daisuke Katō
Yakuza
Haruo Tanaka
Sakai
Minoru Chiaki
Noguchi
Sachio Sakai
Yakuza (uncredited)
Kamatari Fujiwara
Sub-Section Chief Ono
Nobuo Kaneko
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Seiji Miyaguchi
Yakuza Boss
Isao Kimura
Intern
Kin Sugai
Housewife
Yatsuko Tan'ami
Bar Hostess
Hiroshi Koizumi
Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
Akira Tani
Bar Owner
Nobuo Nakamura
Deputy Mayor
Masao Shimizu
Doctor
Minosuke Yamada
Subordinate Clerk Saito
Kyoko Aoyama
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Hiroshi Hayashi
Yakuza
Shigeo Katō
(uncredited)
Bokuzen Hidari
Ohara
Kumeko Urabe
Tatsu Watanabe
Yūnosuke Itō
Novelist
Keiji Sakakida
Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Yoshie Minami
The Maid
Noriko Honma
Housewife
Tomo'o Nagai
Newspaperman
Toranosuke Ogawa
Park Section Chief
Shinichi Himori
Kimura
Eiko Miyoshi
Housewife
Takuzō Kumagai
Fire Department Staff (uncredited)
Kusuo Abe
City Assemblyman
Fuyuki Murakami
Newspaperman
Miki Odagiri
Toyo
Keiichirō Katsumoto
Park Division Staff
Atsushi Watanabe
Patient
Taizō Fukami
Baseball Spectator
Ichirō Chiba
Policeman
Shōichi Hirose
Yakuza (uncredited)
Makoto Kobori
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Toshiyuki Ichimura
Pianist
Haruko Toyama
Cabaret Woman
Kyôko Seki
Kazue Watanabe
Hirayoshi Aono
Newspaperman
Harue Kuramoto
Dancer
Akira Sera
Worker in General Affairs
Yōyō Kojima
Worker in Sewage Section
Rasa Saya
Stripper
Tateo Kawasaki
Civil Engineering Section Staff
Kôji Uno
Yakuza (uncredited)
Yaeko Izumo
Housewife (uncredited)
Jirô Mitsuaki
City Hall Executive (uncredited)
Sôkichi Maki
General Manager (uncredited)
Haruo Suzuki
Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)
Takeo Nagashima
(uncredited)
Kazuo Imai
(uncredited)
Hiroshi Akitsu
Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)
Ippei Kawagoe
Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Mitsuo Tsuda
City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)
Tsuneo Katagiri
(uncredited)
Junpei Natsuki
Patient (uncredited)
Jun'ichirō Mukai
(uncredited)

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