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