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.
Directed by Yasuki Chiba
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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
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