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, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura
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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.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Akira Kurosawa
- Producers
- Keisuke Kinoshita, Akira Kurosawa, Yōichi Matsue, Kon Ichikawa
- Studio
- Yonki-no-Kai Productions, TOHO
