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