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

1952

2h 23m

8.3(1218 votes)

Drama

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.

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Cast & Crew

62 members

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志村喬

Kanji Watanabe

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田中春男

Sakai

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金子信雄

Mitsuo, son of Kanji

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左卜全

Ohara

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小田切みき

Toyo

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日守新一

Kimura

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千秋実

Noguchi

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山田巳之助

Subordinate Clerk Saito

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藤原釜足

Sub-Section Chief Ono

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小堀誠

Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

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中村伸郎

Deputy Mayor

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渡辺篤

Patient

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木村功

Intern

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清水将夫

Doctor

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伊藤雄之助

Novelist

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南美江

The Maid

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浦辺粂子

Tatsu Watanabe

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三好栄子

Housewife

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本間文子

Housewife

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丹阿弥谷津子

Bar Hostess

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菅井きん

Housewife

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Kyôko Seki

Kazue Watanabe

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阿部九洲男

City Assemblyman

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永井智雄

Newspaperman

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宮口精二

Yakuza Boss

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加東大介

Yakuza

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林寛

Yakuza

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村上冬樹

Newspaperman

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青野平義

Newspaperman

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小川虎之助

Park Section Chief

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瀬良明

Worker in General Affairs

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千葉一郎

Policeman

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谷晃

Bar Owner

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小島洋々

Worker in Sewage Section

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市村俊幸

Pianist

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Harue Kuramoto

Dancer

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Rasa Saya

Stripper

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深見泰三

Baseball Spectator

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Tateo Kawasaki

Civil Engineering Section Staff

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勝本圭一郎

Park Division Staff

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Haruko Toyama

Cabaret Woman

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堺左千夫

Yakuza (uncredited)

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広瀬正一

Yakuza (uncredited)

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宇野晃司

Yakuza (uncredited)

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出雲八重子

Housewife (uncredited)

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Jirô Mitsuaki

City Hall Executive (uncredited)

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Sôkichi Maki

General Manager (uncredited)

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鈴木治夫

Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)

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Takeo Nagashima

(uncredited)

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今井和雄

(uncredited)

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加藤茂雄

(uncredited)

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安芸津広

Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)

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Ippei Kawagoe

Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)

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津田光男

City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)

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榊田敬二

Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)

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熊谷卓三

Fire Department Staff (uncredited)

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片桐恒男

(uncredited)

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夏木順平

Patient (uncredited)

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小泉博

Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)

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向井淳一郎

(uncredited)

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Production

本木荘二郎

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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青山京子

Schoolgirl (uncredited)

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