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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| Editing | Akira Kurosawa | Editor |
| Writing | Shinobu Hashimoto | Screenplay |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Screenplay |
| Camera | Asakazu Nakai | Director of Photography |
| Production | Sōjirō Motoki | Producer |
| Directing | Akira Kurosawa | Director |
| Sound | Fumio Hayasaka | Music |
| Sound | Ichirô Minawa | Sound Effects Editor |
| Art | Akio Nojima | Set Decoration |
| Lighting | Shinji Kojima | Lighting Technician |
| Writing | Hideo Oguni | Screenplay |
