Kanji Watanabe, head of the Citizen Section of the municipal government (acted the role of Joe Shimura), is a model civil servant who has been full-time for nearly 30 years, but he and his colleagues are too busy every day and do not know what they are doing. A group of women joined forces with the city government to apply to fill up the smelly pool near the community and build a small park on it. The receptionist of the Civic Section told them to reflect the problem to the civil engineering class, and the park class pushed them to the construction department. After the application was turned around, it was kicked back to the Citizens Section. A month later, Watanabe went to the hospital because he was unwell and was found to have stomach cancer. Time was running out. When Watanabe comes home, he feels lonely and helpless. His son (Jinzi Xinxiong) only wants to use the old man's pension and savings to set up another small family outside. In despair, Watanabe didn't go to work and drank to drown his sorrows. After that, the resigned female clerk Oda (Oda Cemei is acted the role of) gave Watanabe an inspiration. He cheered up and personally supervised the construction of the community park. A few months later...
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