
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

Haruo Tanaka
Sakai

Nobuo Kaneko
Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari
Ohara

Miki Odagiri
Toyo

Shinichi Himori
Kimura

Minoru Chiaki
Noguchi

Minosuke Yamada
Subordinate Clerk Saito

Kamatari Fujiwara
Sub-Section Chief Ono

Makoto Kobori
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Nobuo Nakamura
Deputy Mayor

Atsushi Watanabe
Patient

Drawn Out Love
Drawn Out Love

Freaks
Freaks

Wings of Desire
Wings of Desire

Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves

The 400 Blows
The 400 Blows

The Secret Life of Words
The Secret Life of Words

My Life Without Me
My Life Without Me

The Good German
The Good German

The Wages of Fear
The Wages of Fear

Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Before Sunset
Before Sunset

Léon: The Professional
Léon: The Professional