"A big story of a little man which will grip your soul..." 09 October 1952 Drama 143 mins
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.
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Takashi Shimura as Kanji Watanabe
Haruo Tanaka as Sakai
Nobuo Kaneko as Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Bokuzen Hidari as Ohara
Miki Odagiri as Toyo
Shinichi Himori as Kimura
Minoru Chiaki as Noguchi
Minosuke Yamada as Subordinate Clerk Saito
Kamatari Fujiwara as Sub-Section Chief Ono
Makoto Kobori as Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Nobuo Nakamura as Deputy Mayor
Atsushi Watanabe as Patient
Isao Kimura as Intern
Masao Shimizu as Doctor
Yūnosuke Itō as Novelist
Yoshie Minami as The Maid
Asakazu Nakai Director of Photography
Shinobu Hashimoto Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa Editor
Sōjirō Motoki Producer
Akira Kurosawa Director
Shinji Kojima Lighting Technician
Ichirô Minawa Sound Effects Editor
Akio Nojima Set Decoration
Hideo Oguni Screenplay
Fumio Hayasaka Original Music Composer
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Australia 25 October 2024
Germany 27 April 2014
Spain 24 January 1972
France 31 August 1966
United Kingdom 30 April 1958
Israel 21 October 2014
Japan 09 October 1952
Netherlands 12 March 2013
Sweden 09 October 1952
United States 27 October 2015
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