97 minutes
7/15/1952
Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys, a maker of costume jewelry, and a streetcorner artist all struggle to make their livings and to find happiness in difficult surroundings.
Setsuko Hara
as Yuki
Toshirō Mifune
as Kurokawa
Yōko Sugi
as Harumi
Hisaya Morishige
as Akazawa
Murasaki Fujima
as Konatsu
Hiroshi Koizumi
as Shôtarô
Nijiko Kiyokawa
as Tsuruko
Kazuo Masubuchi
as Chûkichi
Chōko Iida
as Matsuyo
Reikichi Kawamura
as Yamamoto
Hisao Toake
as Jewelry shop proprietor
Sadako Sawamura
as Jewelry shop proprietress
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Aoyama
Kan Yanagiya
as Doctor
Keiju Kobayashi
Daisuke Inoue
as Dai
Fumiko Okamura
Shōichi Hirose
Yutaka Nakayama
Fuyuki Murakami
Yoshio Kosugi
Sachio Sakai
Keiichirō Katsumoto
Ren Yamamoto
Shigeo Katō
Keiji Sakakida
Teruko Mita
Suzuko Takayama
Haruna Kaburagi