Overview

Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys, a maker of costume jewelry, and a streetcorner artist all struggle to make their livings and to find happiness in difficult surroundings.

Details

Cast

Setsuko Hara

Toshirō Mifune

Yōko Sugi

Hisaya Morishige

Murasaki Fujima

Hiroshi Koizumi

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Kazuo Masubuchi

Chōko Iida

Reikichi Kawamura