
140 minutes
10/31/1970
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.

Yoshitaka Zushi
as Roku-Chan

Kin Sugai
as Okuni
Toshiyuki Tonomura
as Taro Sawagami

Shinsuke Minami
as Ryotaro Sawagami

Yūko Kusunoki
as Misao Sawagami

Junzaburō Ban
as Yukichi Shima

Kiyoko Tange
as Mrs. Shima

Michio Hino
as Mr. Ikawa
Keiji Furuyama
as Mr. Matsui

Tappei Shimokawa
as Mr. Nomoto

Kunie Tanaka
as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi

Jitsuko Yoshimura
as Yoshie Kawaguchi

Hisashi Igawa
as Masuo Masuda

Hideko Okiyama
as Tatsu Masuda

Tatsuo Matsumura
as Kyota Watanaka
Imari Tsuji
as Otane Watanaka
Tomoko Yamazaki
as Katsuko Watanaka
Masahiko Kametani
as Okabe

Hiroshi Akutagawa
as Hei

Tomoko Naraoka
as Ochô

Noboru Mitani
as Beggar

Hiroyuki Kawase
as Beggar's Son

Akemi Negishi
as Good-Looking Housewife

Eimei Esumi
as Detective

Minoru Takashima
as Policeman

Kazuo Katō
as Painter

Michiko Araki
as Restaurant proprietress

Toki Shiozawa
as Waitress
Masakazu Kuwayama
as Western-style restaurant owner
Hiroshi Kiyama
as Sushi Shop Proprietor

Kōji Mitsui
as Foodstand owner

Jerry Fujio
as Kichi the Carpenter Bee

Masahiko Tanimura
as Mr. Sô

Atsushi Watanabe
as Mr. Tanba

Kamatari Fujiwara
as Suicidal Old Man
Sanji Kojima
as Thief

Kayako Sono
as Kichi's Wife
Yoshiko Maki
as 2nd Wife
Toshiko Sakurai
as 3rd Wife
Toriko Takahara
as 5th Wife
Matsue Ono
as 4th Wife
Reiko Niimura
as 1st Wife
Akira Hitomi
as 1st Man Calling Out
Shōji Ichimura
as 3rd Man Calling Out
Shin Ibuki
as 5th Man Calling Out

Masaya Nihei
as 4th Man Calling Out

Takashi Ebata
as 2nd Man Calling Out