Drama /

Score: 83.0%( 1226 votes )

Overview: 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.

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

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)