
A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
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.

Made in JP
8.3/10
1952

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Cast

Takashi Shimura
As Kanji Watanabe

Haruo Tanaka
As Sakai

Nobuo Kaneko
As Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari
As Ohara

Miki Odagiri
As Toyo

Shinichi Himori
As Kimura

Minoru Chiaki
As Noguchi

Minosuke Yamada
As Subordinate Clerk Saito

Kamatari Fujiwara
As Sub-Section Chief Ono

Makoto Kobori
As Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Nobuo Nakamura
As Deputy Mayor

Atsushi Watanabe
As Patient

Isao Kimura
As Intern

Masao Shimizu
As Doctor

Yūnosuke Itō
As Novelist

Yoshie Minami
As The Maid

Kumeko Urabe
As Tatsu Watanabe

Eiko Miyoshi
As Housewife

Noriko Honma
As Housewife

Yatsuko Tan'ami
As Bar Hostess

Kin Sugai
As Housewife

Kyôko Seki
As Kazue Watanabe

Kusuo Abe
As City Assemblyman

Tomo'o Nagai
As Newspaperman

Seiji Miyaguchi
As Yakuza Boss

Daisuke Katō
As Yakuza

Hiroshi Hayashi
As Yakuza

Fuyuki Murakami
As Newspaperman

Hirayoshi Aono
As Newspaperman

Toranosuke Ogawa
As Park Section Chief
Akira Sera
As Worker in General Affairs
Ichirō Chiba
As Policeman
Akira Tani
As Bar Owner
Yōyō Kojima
As Worker in Sewage Section

Toshiyuki Ichimura
As Pianist

Harue Kuramoto
As Dancer
Rasa Saya
As Stripper

Taizō Fukami
As Baseball Spectator
Tateo Kawasaki
As Civil Engineering Section Staff

Keiichirō Katsumoto
As Park Division Staff
Haruko Toyama
As Cabaret Woman

Sachio Sakai
As Yakuza (uncredited)

Shōichi Hirose
As Yakuza (uncredited)
Kôji Uno
As Yakuza (uncredited)
Yaeko Izumo
As Housewife (uncredited)
Jirô Mitsuaki
As City Hall Executive (uncredited)
Sôkichi Maki
As General Manager (uncredited)

Haruo Suzuki
As Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)
Takeo Nagashima
As (uncredited)
Kazuo Imai
As (uncredited)

Shigeo Katō
As (uncredited)
Hiroshi Akitsu
As Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)
Ippei Kawagoe
As Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Mitsuo Tsuda
As City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)

Keiji Sakakida
As Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)

Takuzō Kumagai
As Fire Department Staff (uncredited)
Tsuneo Katagiri
As (uncredited)
Junpei Natsuki
As Patient (uncredited)

Hiroshi Koizumi
As Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
Jun'ichirō Mukai
As (uncredited)

Sōjirō Motoki
As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Kyoko Aoyama
As Schoolgirl (uncredited)
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