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Synopsis
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.
Ratings
| Source | Rating | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| IMDb | 8.3/10 | 42% |
| Rotten Tomatoes | 98% | 21% |
| Metacritic | 92/100 | 21% |
| TMDB | 8.3/101,419 votes | 16% |
| Balasaur Score | 88 | 100% |
Key crew
- Akira KurosawaDirector, Screenplay
- Shinobu HashimotoScreenplay
- Hideo OguniScreenplay
- Fumio HayasakaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Takashi ShimuraKanji Watanabe
- Haruo TanakaSakai
- Nobuo KanekoMitsuo, son of Kanji
- Bokuzen HidariOhara
- Miki OdagiriToyo
- Shinichi HimoriKimura
- Minoru ChiakiNoguchi
- Minosuke YamadaSubordinate Clerk Saito
- Kamatari FujiwaraSub-Section Chief Ono
- Makoto KoboriKiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
- Nobuo NakamuraDeputy Mayor
- Atsushi WatanabePatient
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Themes
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