Overview

On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “drives” an imaginary trolley, a homeless father and son designing a dream house, a young woman brutalized at home, drunks, schemers, and saints of small kindnesses. Kurosawa crafts a ragged mosaic of hardship, fantasy, and flickers of grace that keep people moving forward.

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Cast

Yoshitaka Zushi

Roku-Chan

Kin Sugai

Okuni

Shinsuke Minami

Ryotaro Sawagami

Yūko Kusunoki

Misao Sawagami

Junzaburō Ban

Yukichi Shima

Michio Hino

Mr. Ikawa

Tappei Shimokawa

Mr. Nomoto

Kunie Tanaka

Hatsutaro Kawaguchi

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Yoshie Kawaguchi

Hisashi Igawa

Masuo Masuda

Hideko Okiyama

Tatsu Masuda

Tatsuo Matsumura

Kyota Watanaka