Takashi Shimura
Kanji Watanabe
Tagline
A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
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.
Screenplay
Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Hideo Oguni
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Status
Released
Budget
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Revenue
$55,240.00
Original Language
日本語
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Cast
Haruo Tanaka
Sakai
Nobuo Kaneko
Mitsuo, son of ...
Bokuzen Hidari
Ohara
Miki Odagiri
Toyo
Shinichi Himori
Kimura
Minoru Chiaki
Noguchi
Minosuke Yamada
Subordinate Cle...
Kamatari Fujiwar...
Sub-Section Chi...
Makoto Kobori
Kiichi Watanabe...
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 Assemblyma...
Tomo'o Nagai
Newspaperman
Seiji Miyaguchi
Yakuza Boss
Daisuke Katō
Yakuza
Hiroshi Hayashi
Yakuza
Fuyuki Murakami
Newspaperman
Hirayoshi Aono
Newspaperman
Toranosuke Ogawa
Park Section Ch...
Akira Sera
Worker in Gener...
Ichirō Chiba
Policeman
Akira Tani
Bar Owner
Yōyō Kojima
Worker in Sewag...
Toshiyuki Ichimu...
Pianist
Harue Kuramoto
Dancer
Rasa Saya
Stripper
Taizō Fukami
Baseball Specta...
Tateo Kawasaki
Civil Engineeri...
Keiichirō Katsum...
Park Division S...
Haruko Toyama
Cabaret Woman
Sachio Sakai
Yakuza (uncredi...
Shōichi Hirose
Yakuza (uncredi...
Kôji Uno
Yakuza (uncredi...
Yaeko Izumo
Housewife (uncr...
Jirô Mitsuaki
City Hall Execu...
Sôkichi Maki
General Manager...
Haruo Suzuki
Sanitation Divi...
Takeo Nagashima
(uncredited)
Kazuo Imai
(uncredited)
Shigeo Katō
(uncredited)
Hiroshi Akitsu
Infectious Dise...
Ippei Kawagoe
Road Section Re...
Mitsuo Tsuda
City Planning R...
Keiji Sakakida
Land Readjustme...
Takuzō Kumagai
Fire Department...
Tsuneo Katagiri
(uncredited)
Junpei Natsuki
Patient (uncred...
Hiroshi Koizumi
Jazz Bar Guest ...
Jun'ichirō Mukai
(uncredited)
Sōjirō Motoki
Narrator (voice...
Kyoko Aoyama
Schoolgirl (unc...
Featured Reviews
Takashi Shimura is "Watanabe", an elderly civil service lifer who is told that he has terminal stomach cancer. After years of a disciplined, rather pedestrian existence he now feels a need to emancipa ...Show More
I watched the English follow-up version (Living) before watching this original, and wished I had reversed my order. I liked Living much more than this original, but since both were written by the same ...Show More
Typical Kurasawa creative framing in the beginning of the movie. The scene of dancers shot through bead curtains swinging in time to the music was brilliant. His choice of Miki Odagiri for muse is br ...Show More
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