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
Kin Sugai
Toshiyuki Tonomura
Shinsuke Minami
Yūko Kusunoki
Junzaburō Ban
Kiyoko Tange
Michio Hino
Keiji Furuyama
Tappei Shimokawa
Kunie Tanaka
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Hisashi Igawa
Hideko Okiyama
Tatsuo Matsumura