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