Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House

The Plot

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.

Run Time

2h 20m

Genre

Drama

Release Date

31 Oct 1970

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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Yonki-no-Kai Productions
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