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
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