97 minutos
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.
Setsuko Hara
Yuki
Toshirō Mifune
Kurokawa
Yōko Sugi
Harumi
Hisaya Morishige
Akazawa
Murasaki Fujima
Konatsu
Hiroshi Koizumi
Shôtarô
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Tsuruko
Kazuo Masubuchi
Chûkichi
Chōko Iida
Matsuyo
Reikichi Kawamura
Yamamoto
Hisao Toake
Jewelry shop proprietor
Sadako Sawamura
Jewelry shop proprietress
Kamatari Fujiwara
Aoyama
Kan Yanagiya
Doctor
Keiju Kobayashi
Daisuke Inoue
Dai
Fumiko Okamura
Shōichi Hirose
Yutaka Nakayama
Fuyuki Murakami
Yoshio Kosugi
Sachio Sakai
Keiichirô Katsumoto
Ren Yamamoto
Shigeo Katô
Keiji Sakakida
Teruko Mita
Suzuko Takayama
Haruna Kaburagi