The Desire for Life
Akira Kurosawa
Shigemura Takashi, Nishimori Shinichi, Tanaka Haruo, Chiaki Minoru, Otagiri Yoshiko, Sato Bakuzen, Yamada Minosuke, Fujiwara Kamaari, Kobori Makoto, Kaneko Nobuo, Nakamura Noburo, Watanabe Atsushi, Kimura Isamu, Shimizu Masao, Ito Yuzusuke, Urabe Kumeko, Miyoshi Eiko, Honma Fumiko, Tanami Yatsuko, Sugai Koto, Minami Mie, Abe Kyushudo, Nagai Tomoo, Miyaguchi Seiji, Katō Daisuke, Inagaki Saburo, Murakami Fuyuaki, Aono Hirakata, Ogawa Toranoshin, Fukami Taizō, Nagahama Fujio, Tani Akira, Ichimura Toshiyuki, Natsuki Junpei, Sakai Sadao
1952
Japan
Completed
Japanese
143 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known as生きる，is aJapanProducerwomen sex，At1952Released in year
。The dialogue language isJapanese，Current Douban rating9.3(For reference only)。
Watanabe Kanji (played by Shigemura Takashi) is a model civil servant who has dedicated nearly thirty years of full attendance, yet he and his colleagues are busy every day without knowing what they are actually doing. A group of women have united to apply to the city government for filling in a nearby stinky pond in the community and building a small park on it. The reception staff at the Citizen's Section tells them to raise the issue with the Civil Engineering Section, which pushes them to the Park Section... After the application goes around in circles, it is kicked back to the Citizen's Section. A month later, Watanabe, feeling unwell, is diagnosed with stomach cancer at the hospital and has little time left. Back at home, he feels lonely and helpless, and his son (played by Kaneko Nobuo) only thinks about using the elderly's retirement savings to start a small family of his own. In despair, Watanabe skips work and drowns his sorrows in alcohol. Then, a female staff member, Ota (played by Otagiri Yoshiko), who has resigned, gives Watanabe inspiration. He cheers up and personally oversees the construction of the community park. A few months later...