• 1952

  Release Date

• October 9th, 1952

• Runtime

• 143 minutes

• Synopsis

• 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)     

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