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1952
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.
Running time: 2h 23m
| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
|---|---|
| Writers | Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni |
| Composer(s) | Fumio Hayasaka |
| Genres | Drama |
| Certificate | PG |
| Release Date | 1952 |
| Production Company(s) | TOHO |
Kanji Watanabe
Sakai
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Ohara
Toyo
Kimura
Noguchi
Subordinate Clerk Saito
Sub-Section Chief Ono
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Deputy Mayor
Patient
Intern
Doctor
Novelist
The Maid
Tatsu Watanabe
Housewife
Housewife
Bar Hostess
Housewife
Kazue Watanabe
City Assemblyman
Newspaperman
Yakuza Boss
Yakuza
Yakuza
Newspaperman
Newspaperman
Park Section Chief
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