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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| Kanji Watanabe | Takashi Shimura |
| Sakai | Haruo Tanaka |
| Mitsuo, son of Kanji | Nobuo Kaneko |
| Ohara | Bokuzen Hidari |
| Toyo | Miki Odagiri |
| Kimura | Shinichi Himori |
| Noguchi | Minoru Chiaki |
| Subordinate Clerk Saito | Minosuke Yamada |
| Sub-Section Chief Ono | Kamatari Fujiwara |
| Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother | Makoto Kobori |
| Deputy Mayor | Nobuo Nakamura |
| Patient | Atsushi Watanabe |
| Intern | Isao Kimura |
| Doctor | Masao Shimizu |
| Novelist | Yūnosuke Itō |
| The Maid | Yoshie Minami |
| Tatsu Watanabe | Kumeko Urabe |
| Housewife | Eiko Miyoshi |
| Housewife | Noriko Honma |
| Bar Hostess | Yatsuko Tan'ami |
| Housewife | Kin Sugai |
| Kazue Watanabe | Kyôko Seki |
| City Assemblyman | Kusuo Abe |
| Newspaperman | Tomo'o Nagai |
| Yakuza Boss | Seiji Miyaguchi |
| Yakuza | Daisuke Katō |
| Yakuza | Hiroshi Hayashi |
| Newspaperman | Fuyuki Murakami |
| Newspaperman | Hirayoshi Aono |
| Park Section Chief | Toranosuke Ogawa |
| Worker in General Affairs | Akira Sera |
| Policeman | Ichirō Chiba |
| Bar Owner | Akira Tani |
| Worker in Sewage Section | Yōyō Kojima |
| Pianist | Toshiyuki Ichimura |
| Dancer | Harue Kuramoto |
| Stripper | Rasa Saya |
| Baseball Spectator | Taizō Fukami |
| Civil Engineering Section Staff | Tateo Kawasaki |
| Park Division Staff | Keiichirō Katsumoto |
| Cabaret Woman | Haruko Toyama |
| Yakuza (uncredited) | Sachio Sakai |
| Yakuza (uncredited) | Shōichi Hirose |
| Yakuza (uncredited) | Kôji Uno |
| Housewife (uncredited) | Yaeko Izumo |
| City Hall Executive (uncredited) | Jirô Mitsuaki |
| General Manager (uncredited) | Sôkichi Maki |
| Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited) | Haruo Suzuki |
| (uncredited) | Takeo Nagashima |
| (uncredited) | Kazuo Imai |
| (uncredited) | Shigeo Katō |
| Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited) | Hiroshi Akitsu |
| Road Section Receptionist (uncredited) | Ippei Kawagoe |
| City Planning Receptionist (uncredited) | Mitsuo Tsuda |
| Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited) | Keiji Sakakida |
| Fire Department Staff (uncredited) | Takuzō Kumagai |
| (uncredited) | Tsuneo Katagiri |
| Patient (uncredited) | Junpei Natsuki |
| Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited) | Hiroshi Koizumi |
| (uncredited) | Jun'ichirō Mukai |
| Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Sōjirō Motoki |
| Schoolgirl (uncredited) | Kyoko Aoyama |
