
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.
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