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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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Revenue $55,240
日本語
Budget--
Revenue $55,240
Keywords
dying and death
japan
bureaucracy
age difference
praise
office
night life
sense of life
playground
obsequies
swing
loneliness
office politics
black and white
infatuation
wake
public works
criterion
bureaucrat
thoughts of retirement
terminal cancer
city park
civil servant
monotonous life
accomplishments
office gossip
Casts

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
Akira Sera
Worker in General Affairs
Ichirō Chiba
Policeman
Akira Tani
Bar Owner
Yōyō Kojima
Worker in Sewage Section

Toshiyuki Ichimura
Pianist

Harue Kuramoto
Dancer
Rasa Saya
Stripper

Taizō Fukami
Baseball Spectator
Tateo Kawasaki
Civil Engineering Section Staff

Keiichirō Katsumoto
Park Division Staff
Haruko Toyama
Cabaret Woman

Sachio Sakai
Yakuza (uncredited)

Shōichi Hirose
Yakuza (uncredited)
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)

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

Keiji Sakakida
Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)

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

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

Sōjirō Motoki
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Kyoko Aoyama
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Crews

Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography

Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay

Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay

Akira Kurosawa
Editor

Sōjirō Motoki
Producer

Akira Kurosawa
Director
Shinji Kojima
Lighting Technician
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor
Akio Nojima
Set Decoration

Hideo Oguni
Screenplay

Fumio Hayasaka
Original Music Composer
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