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