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- May 30, 2023
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A big story of a little man which will grip your soul ...
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
(Acting)
Haruo Tanaka
Sakai
(Acting)
Nobuo Kaneko
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
(Acting)
Bokuzen Hidari
Ohara
(Acting)
Miki Odagiri
Toyo
(Acting)
Shinichi Himori
Kimura
(Acting)
Minoru Chiaki
Noguchi
(Acting)
Minosuke Yamada
Subordinate Clerk Saito
(Acting)
Kamatari Fujiwara
Sub-Section Chief Ono
(Acting)
Makoto Kobori
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
(Acting)
Nobuo Nakamura
Deputy Mayor
(Acting)
Atsushi Watanabe
Patient
(Acting)
Isao Kimura
Intern
(Acting)
Masao Shimizu
Doctor
(Acting)
Yūnosuke Itō
Novelist
(Acting)
Yoshie Minami
The Maid
(Acting)
Kumeko Urabe
Tatsu Watanabe
(Acting)
Eiko Miyoshi
Housewife
(Acting)
Noriko Honma
Housewife
(Acting)
Yatsuko Tan'ami
Bar Hostess
(Acting)
Kin Sugai
Housewife
(Acting)
Kyôko Seki
Kazue Watanabe
(Acting)
Kusuo Abe
City Assemblyman
(Acting)
Tomo'o Nagai
Newspaperman
(Acting)
Seiji Miyaguchi
Yakuza Boss
(Acting)
Daisuke Katō
Yakuza
(Acting)
Hiroshi Hayashi
Yakuza
(Acting)
Fuyuki Murakami
Newspaperman
(Acting)
Hirayoshi Aono
Newspaperman
(Acting)
Toranosuke Ogawa
Park Section Chief
(Acting)
Akira Sera
Worker in General Affairs
(Acting)
Ichirō Chiba
Policeman
(Acting)
Akira Tani
Bar Owner
(Acting)
Yōyō Kojima
Worker in Sewage Section
(Acting)
Toshiyuki Ichimura
Pianist
(Acting)
Harue Kuramoto
Dancer
(Acting)
Rasa Saya
Stripper
(Acting)
Taizō Fukami
Baseball Spectator
(Acting)
Tateo Kawasaki
Civil Engineering Section Staff
(Acting)
Keiichirô Katsumoto
Park Division Staff
(Acting)
Haruko Toyama
Cabaret Woman
(Acting)
Sachio Sakai
Yakuza (uncredited)
(Acting)
Shōichi Hirose
Yakuza (uncredited)
(Acting)
Kôji Uno
Yakuza (uncredited)
(Acting)
Yaeko Izumo
Housewife (uncredited)
(Acting)
Jirô Mitsuaki
City Hall Executive (uncredited)
(Acting)
Sôkichi Maki
General Manager (uncredited)
(Acting)
Haruo Suzuki
Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)
(Acting)
Takeo Nagashima
(uncredited)
(Acting)
Kazuo Imai
(uncredited)
(Acting)
Shigeo Katô
(uncredited)
(Acting)
Hiroshi Akitsu
Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)
(Acting)
Ippei Kawagoe
Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)
(Acting)
Mitsuo Tsuda
City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)
(Acting)
Keiji Sakakida
Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)
(Acting)
Takuzō Kumagai
Fire Department Staff (uncredited)
(Acting)
Tsuneo Katagiri
(uncredited)
(Acting)
Junpei Natsuki
Patient (uncredited)
(Acting)
Hiroshi Koizumi
Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
(Acting)
Jun'ichirō Mukai
(uncredited)
(Acting)
Sōjirō Motoki
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(Production)
Kyoko Aoyama
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
(Acting)
Released
日本語
Japan
$ 55,240
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 emancipate himself and start to live a little. The story is told through two threads: one looks at the end o...
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 Japanese scriptwriter, my preference might be cultural rather than due to quality issues, not to me...
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 brilliant. Her laugh is infectious. The last act stuck me as rather static. It's perhaps from cultural...
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