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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Yoshitaka Zushi
Roku-Chan
Kin Sugai
Okuni
Toshiyuki Tonomura
Taro Sawagami
Shinsuke Minami
Ryotaro Sawagami
Yūko Kusunoki
Misao Sawagami
Junzaburō Ban
Yukichi Shima
Kiyoko Tange
Mrs. Shima
Michio Hino
Mr. Ikawa
Keiji Furuyama
Mr. Matsui
Tappei Shimokawa
Mr. Nomoto
Kunie Tanaka
Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Yoshie Kawaguchi
Hisashi Igawa
Masuo Masuda
Hideko Okiyama
Tatsu Masuda
Tatsuo Matsumura
Kyota Watanaka
Akira Kurosawa
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay
Shūgorō Yamamoto
Novel
Masaki Kobayashi
Executive Producer
Kon Ichikawa
Executive Producer
Keisuke Kinoshita
Executive Producer
Yōichi Matsue
Producer
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Reiko Kaneko
Editor
