Top billed cast

1. 

   Takashi Shimura

   Kanji Watanabe

2. 

   Haruo Tanaka

   Sakai

3. 

   Nobuo Kaneko

   Mitsuo, son of Kanji

4. 

   Bokuzen Hidari

   Ohara

5. 

   Miki Odagiri

   Toyo

6. 

   Shinichi Himori

   Kimura

7. 

   Minoru Chiaki

   Noguchi

8. 

   Minosuke Yamada

   Subordinate Clerk Saito

9. 

   Kamatari Fujiwara

   Sub-Section Chief Ono

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Reviews

A review by Peter McGinn

Written by Peter McGinn on 2023-04-20

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 mention the scriptwriter had come up with improvements through the intervening years.

The club and bar scenes near the beginning seem to go on much longer than in the remake, or at least it felt like it! And the same for the later scenes with the young woman. Then again, that wouldn’t be surprisi...read the rest

Recommendations

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2. 人間の條件　第１部純愛篇／第２部激怒篇81%
3. The Life of Chuck72%
4. Hereafter61%
5. コクリコ坂から75%
6. Happy Hour74%
7. Eleanor the Great69%
8. The Sea of Trees62%
9. きみの色66%
10. 君たちはどう生きるか73%
11. 秋刀魚の味79%
12. おくりびと78%
13. 誰も知らない79%
14. Wrestling Ernest Hemingway63%
15. 夢77%
16. 人間の條件　第３部望郷篇／第４部戦雲篇82%
17. 銀河鉄道の夜71%
18. The Prince of Egypt73%
19. トウキョウソナタ73%
20. Brian's Song72%

Status
Released

Original Language
Japanese

Budget
$85,000.00

Revenue
$55,240.00

Keywords

• dying and death
• japan
• bureaucracy
• age difference
• praise
• office
• night life
• sense of life
• playground
• obsequies
• swing
• loneliness
• office politics
• black and white
• co-workers relationship
• infatuation
• wake
• public works
• bureaucrat
• thoughts of retirement
• terminal cancer
• city park
• civil servant
• monotonous life
• accomplishments
• office gossip
• depressing