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.
Cast
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
Imari Tsuji
Otane Watanaka
Tomoko Yamazaki
Katsuko Watanaka
Masahiko Kametani
Okabe
Hiroshi Akutagawa
Hei
Tomoko Naraoka
Ochô
Noboru Mitani
Beggar
Hiroyuki Kawase
Beggar's Son
Akemi Negishi
Good-Looking Housewife
Eimei Esumi
Detective
Minoru Takashima
Policeman
Kazuo Katō
Painter
Michiko Araki
Restaurant proprietress
Toki Shiozawa
Waitress
Masakazu Kuwayama
Western-style restaurant owner
Hiroshi Kiyama
Sushi Shop Proprietor
Kōji Mitsui
Foodstand owner
Jerry Fujio
Kichi the Carpenter Bee
Masahiko Tanimura
Mr. Sô
Atsushi Watanabe
Mr. Tanba
Kamatari Fujiwara
Suicidal Old Man
Sanji Kojima
Thief
Kayako Sono
Kichi's Wife
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
Masaya Nihei
4th Man Calling Out
Takashi Ebata
2nd Man Calling Out
Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Shūgorō Yamamoto
Novel
Reiko Kaneko
Editor
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Keisuke Kinoshita
Executive Producer
Kon Ichikawa
Executive Producer
Masaki Kobayashi
Executive Producer
Yōichi Matsue
Producer
Fumio Yanoguchi
Sound Recordist
Hiromitsu Mori
Sound Recordist
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Akio Nojima
Property Master
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