Drama
This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances are, each of them—the homeless father and son envisioning their dream house; the young woman abused by her uncle; the boy who imagines himself a trolley conductor—finds reasons to carry on.
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Kamatari Fujiwara
Suicidal Old Man
Kunie Tanaka
Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Hisashi Igawa
Masuo Masuda
Noboru Mitani
Beggar
Kōji Mitsui
Foodstand owner
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Yoshie Kawaguchi
Eimei Esumi
Detective
Masaya Nihei
4th Man Calling Out
Kin Sugai
Okuni
Tatsuo Matsumura
Kyota Watanaka
Akemi Negishi
Good-Looking Housewife
Yoshitaka Zushi
Roku-Chan
Tomoko Naraoka
Ochô
Toki Shiozawa
Waitress
Junzaburō Ban
Yukichi Shima
Jerry Fujio
Kichi the Carpenter Bee
Takashi Ebata
2nd Man Calling Out
Kazuo Katō
Painter
Yūko Kusunoki
Misao Sawagami
Michiko Araki
Restaurant proprietress
Hiroshi Akutagawa
Hei
Tappei Shimokawa
Mr. Nomoto
Kayako Sono
Kichi's Wife
Masahiko Tanimura
Mr. Sô
Hiroyuki Kawase
Beggar's Son
Michio Hino
Mr. Ikawa
Kiyoko Tange
Mrs. Shima
Minoru Takashima
Policeman
Shinsuke Minami
Ryotaro Sawagami
Hideko Okiyama
Tatsu Masuda
Toshiyuki Tonomura
Taro Sawagami
Keiji Furuyama
Mr. Matsui
Imari Tsuji
Otane Watanaka
Tomoko Yamazaki
Katsuko Watanaka
Masahiko Kametani
Okabe
Masakazu Kuwayama
Western-style restaurant owner
Hiroshi Kiyama
Sushi Shop Proprietor
Atsushi Watanabe
Mr. Tanba
Sanji Kojima
Thief
Yoshiko Maki
2nd Wife
Toshiko Sakurai
3rd Wife
Toriko Takahara
5th Wife
Matsue Ono
4th Wife
Reiko Niimura
1st Wife
Akira Hitomi
1st Man Calling Out
Shōji Ichimura
3rd Man Calling Out
Shin Ibuki
5th Man Calling Out

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