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.
Released: Jul 15, 1952
Runtime: 97 minutes
Stars: Setsuko Hara, Toshirō Mifune, Yōko Sugi, Hisaya Morishige, Murasaki Fujima, Hiroshi Koizumi
Crew: Toshirō Ide (Screenplay), Fumio Yoshida (Screenplay), Tadashi Iimura (Director of Photography), Nobuo Iida (Original Music Composer), Masanobu Miyazaki (Sound Recordist), Takeo Kita (Art Direction)