Genre:Drama
Released:1952-10-09
Runtime:143
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.
Takashi Shimura
Character: Kanji Watanabe
Haruo Tanaka
Character: Sakai
Nobuo Kaneko
Character: Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Bokuzen Hidari
Character: Ohara
Miki Odagiri
Character: Toyo
Shinichi Himori
Character: Kimura
Minoru Chiaki
Character: Noguchi
Minosuke Yamada
Character: Subordinate Clerk Saito
Kamatari Fujiwara
Character: Sub-Section Chief Ono
Makoto Kobori
Character: Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Nobuo Nakamura
Character: Deputy Mayor
Atsushi Watanabe
Character: Patient
Isao Kimura
Character: Intern
Masao Shimizu
Character: Doctor
Yūnosuke Itō
Character: Novelist
Yoshie Minami
Character: The Maid
Kumeko Urabe
Character: Tatsu Watanabe
Eiko Miyoshi
Character: Housewife
Noriko Honma
Yatsuko Tan'ami
Character: Bar Hostess
Kin Sugai
Kyôko Seki
Character: Kazue Watanabe
Kusuo Abe
Character: City Assemblyman
Tomo'o Nagai
Character: Newspaperman
Seiji Miyaguchi
Character: Yakuza Boss
Daisuke Katō
Character: Yakuza
Hiroshi Hayashi
Fuyuki Murakami
Hirayoshi Aono
Toranosuke Ogawa
Character: Park Section Chief
Akira Sera
Character: Worker in General Affairs
Ichirō Chiba
Character: Policeman
Akira Tani
Character: Bar Owner
Yōyō Kojima
Character: Worker in Sewage Section
Toshiyuki Ichimura
Character: Pianist
Harue Kuramoto
Character: Dancer
Rasa Saya
Character: Stripper
Taizō Fukami
Character: Baseball Spectator
Tateo Kawasaki
Character: Civil Engineering Section Staff
Keiichirō Katsumoto
Character: Park Division Staff
Haruko Toyama
Character: Cabaret Woman
Sachio Sakai
Character: Yakuza (uncredited)
Shōichi Hirose
Kôji Uno
Yaeko Izumo
Character: Housewife (uncredited)
Jirô Mitsuaki
Character: City Hall Executive (uncredited)
Sôkichi Maki
Character: General Manager (uncredited)
Haruo Suzuki
Character: Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)
Takeo Nagashima
Character: (uncredited)
Kazuo Imai
Shigeo Katō
Hiroshi Akitsu
Character: Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)
Ippei Kawagoe
Character: Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Mitsuo Tsuda
Character: City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)
Keiji Sakakida
Character: Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Takuzō Kumagai
Character: Fire Department Staff (uncredited)
Tsuneo Katagiri
Junpei Natsuki
Character: Patient (uncredited)
Hiroshi Koizumi
Character: Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Sōjirō Motoki
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Kyoko Aoyama
Character: Schoolgirl (uncredited)