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
Minoru Chiaki
Noguchi
Takashi Shimura
Kanji Watanabe
Daisuke Katō
Yakuza
Yūnosuke Itō
Novelist
Seiji Miyaguchi
Yakuza Boss
Isao Kimura
Intern
Kamatari Fujiwara
Sub-Section Chief Ono
Yatsuko Tan'ami
Bar Hostess
Tomo'o Nagai
Newspaperman
Nobuo Nakamura
Deputy Mayor
Bokuzen Hidari
Ohara
Taizō Fukami
Baseball Spectator
Shinichi Himori
Kimura
Eiko Miyoshi
Housewife
Miki Odagiri
Toyo
Nobuo Kaneko
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Hiroshi Hayashi
Yakuza
Yoshie Minami
The Maid
Hiroshi Koizumi
Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
Kusuo Abe
City Assemblyman
Fuyuki Murakami
Newspaperman
Haruo Tanaka
Sakai
Shōichi Hirose
Yakuza (uncredited)
Kumeko Urabe
Tatsu Watanabe
Kyoko Aoyama
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Masao Shimizu
Doctor
Atsushi Watanabe
Patient
Toshiyuki Ichimura
Pianist
Shigeo Katō
(uncredited)
Kin Sugai
Housewife
Sachio Sakai
Yakuza (uncredited)
Makoto Kobori
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Takuzō Kumagai
Fire Department Staff (uncredited)
Minosuke Yamada
Subordinate Clerk Saito
Keiji Sakakida
Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)