Movie: "Living"
| Release Date: | Mar 1956 |
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| Genre: | Drama |
| Awards | Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 5 wins |
| Runtime: | 123 min. |
| Cast: | Takashi Shimura (Kanji Watanabe) Shin'ichi Himori (Kimura) Haruo Tanaka (Sakai) Minoru Chiaki (Noguchi) Miki Odagiri (Toyo Odagiri, employee) Bokuzen Hidari (Ohara) Minosuke Yamada (Subordinate Clerk Saito) Kamatari Fujiwara (Sub-Section Chief Ono) Makoto Kobori (Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother) Nobuo Kaneko (Mitsuo Watanabe, Kanji's son) Nobuo Nakamura (Deputy Mayor) Atsushi Watanabe (Patient) Isao Kimura (Intern) Masao Shimizu (Doctor) Yûnosuke Itô (Novelist) Kumeko Urabe (Tatsu Watanabe, Kiichi's Wife) Eiko Miyoshi (Housewife) Fumiko Honma (Housewife) Yatsuko Tan'ami (Bar Hostess) Kin Sugai (Housewife) Yoshie Minami (The Maid) Kyôko Seki (Kazue Watanabe, Mitsuo's wife) Kusuo Abe (City Assemblyman) Tomo'o Nagai (Newspaperman) Seiji Miyaguchi (Yakuza Boss) Daisuke Katô (Yakuza) Miki Hayashi (Second Yakuza) Fuyuki Murakami (Newspaperman) Hirayoshi Aono (Newspaperman) Toranosuke Ogawa (Park Section Chief) Taizô Fukami () Katao Kawasaki () Keiichiro Katsumoto () Fujio Nagahama () Akira Sera (Worker in General Affairs) Ichirô Chiba (Policeman) Akira Tani (Bar Owner) Yôyô Kojima (Worker in Sewage Section) Haruko Toyama () Mie Asô () Toshiyuki Ichimura (Pianist) Harue Kuramoto (Dancer) Rasa Saya (Stripper) Junpei Natsuki (Hand-Washing Cancer Patient (uncredited)) Sachio Sakai (Yakuza (uncredited)) |
Storyline: Kanji Watanabe is a longtime bureaucrat in a city office who, along with the rest of the office, spends his entire working life doing nothing. He learns he is dying of cancer and wants to find some meaning in his life. He finds himself unable to talk with his family, and spends a night on the town with a novelist, but that leaves him unfulfilled. He next spends time with a young woman from his office, but finally decides he can make a difference through his job... After Watanabe's death, co-workers at his funeral discuss his behavior over the last several months and debate why he suddenly became assertive in his job to promote a city park, and resolve to be more like Watanabe.
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