

Overview
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.
Movie Info
Release Date: 10/31/1970
Runtime: 140 min
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writers: Akira Kurosawa, Shūgorō Yamamoto, Shinobu Hashimoto




























