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
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
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Release Date
October 9, 1952
Runtime
2h 23m
Rating
NR
Genres
Drama
Director