
Plot
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.
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Cast

Yoshitaka Zushi
Roku-Chan

Kin Sugai
Okuni

Toshiyuki Tonomura
Taro Sawagami

Shinsuke Minami
Ryotaro Sawagami

Yūko Kusunoki
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

Hisashi Igawa
Masuo Masuda

Hideko Okiyama
Tatsu Masuda

Tatsuo Matsumura
Kyota Watanaka

Imari Tsuji
Otane Watanaka

Tomoko Yamazaki
Katsuko Watanaka

Masahiko Kametani
Okabe

Hiroshi Akutagawa
Hei

Tomoko Naraoka
Ochô

Noboru Mitani
Beggar

Hiroyuki Kawase
Beggar's Son

Akemi Negishi
Good-Looking Housewife

Eimei Esumi
Detective

Minoru Takashima
Policeman

Kazuo Kato
Painter

Michiko Araki
Restaurant proprietress

Toki Shiozawa
Waitress

Masakazu Kuwayama
Western-style restaurant owner

Hiroshi Kiyama
Sushi Shop Proprietor

Kōji Mitsui
Foodstand owner

Jerry Fujio
Kichi the Carpenter Bee

Masahiko Tanimura
Mr. Sô

Atsushi Watanabe
Mr. Tanba

Kamatari Fujiwara
Suicidal Old Man

Sanji Kojima
Thief

Kayako Sono
Kichi's Wife

Yoshiko Maki
2nd Wife

Toshiko Sakurai
3rd Wife

Toriko Takahara
5th Wife

Matsue Ono
4th Wife

Reiko Niimura
1st Wife

Akira Hitomi
1st Man Calling Out

Shōji Ichimura
3rd Man Calling Out

Shin Ibuki
5th Man Calling Out

Masaya Nihei
4th Man Calling Out

Takashi Ebata
2nd Man Calling Out