


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
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
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
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