
📜 Overview:
This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances are, each of them—the homeless father and son envisioning their dream house; the young woman abused by her uncle; the boy who imagines himself a trolley conductor—finds reasons to carry on.
🌏 Languages Available:
Japanese
📆 Date Released:
1970-10-31
⌚ Running Time:
140 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.0
Beloved Cast

Roku-Chan
Yoshitaka Zushi

Okuni
Kin Sugai

Taro Sawagami
Toshiyuki Tonomura

Ryotaro Sawagami
Shinsuke Minami

Misao Sawagami
Yūko Kusunoki

Yukichi Shima
Junzaburō Ban

Mrs. Shima
Kiyoko Tange

Mr. Ikawa
Michio Hino

Mr. Matsui
Keiji Furuyama

Mr. Nomoto
Tappei Shimokawa

Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Kunie Tanaka

Yoshie Kawaguchi
Jitsuko Yoshimura

Masuo Masuda
Hisashi Igawa

Tatsu Masuda
Hideko Okiyama

Kyota Watanaka
Tatsuo Matsumura

Otane Watanaka
Imari Tsuji

Katsuko Watanaka
Tomoko Yamazaki

Okabe
Masahiko Kametani

Hei
Hiroshi Akutagawa

Ochô
Tomoko Naraoka

Beggar
Noboru Mitani

Beggar's Son
Hiroyuki Kawase

Good-Looking Housewife
Akemi Negishi

Detective
Eimei Esumi

Policeman
Minoru Takashima

Painter
Kazuo Kato

Restaurant proprietress
Michiko Araki

Waitress
Toki Shiozawa

Western-style restaurant owner
Masakazu Kuwayama

Sushi Shop Proprietor
Hiroshi Kiyama

Foodstand owner
Kōji Mitsui

Kichi the Carpenter Bee
Jerry Fujio

Mr. Sô
Masahiko Tanimura

Mr. Tanba
Atsushi Watanabe

Suicidal Old Man
Kamatari Fujiwara

Thief
Sanji Kojima

Kichi's Wife
Kayako Sono

2nd Wife
Yoshiko Maki

3rd Wife
Toshiko Sakurai

5th Wife
Toriko Takahara

4th Wife
Matsue Ono

1st Wife
Reiko Niimura

1st Man Calling Out
Akira Hitomi

3rd Man Calling Out
Shōji Ichimura

5th Man Calling Out
Shin Ibuki

4th Man Calling Out
Masaya Nihei

2nd Man Calling Out
Takashi Ebata