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