7.057
140 min
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.
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Yoshitaka Zushi | Roku-Chan | Unowned |
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Kin Sugai | Okuni | Unowned |
| Toshiyuki Tonomura | Taro Sawagami | Unowned | |
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Shinsuke Minami | Ryotaro Sawagami | Unowned |
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Yūko Kusunoki | Misao Sawagami | Unowned |
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Junzaburō Ban | Yukichi Shima | Unowned |
| Kiyoko Tange | Mrs. Shima | Unowned | |
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Michio Hino | Mr. Ikawa | Unowned |
| Keiji Furuyama | Mr. Matsui | Unowned | |
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Tappei Shimokawa | Mr. Nomoto | Unowned |
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Kunie Tanaka | Hatsutaro Kawaguchi | Unowned |
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Jitsuko Yoshimura | Yoshie Kawaguchi | Unowned |
| Hisashi Igawa | Masuo Masuda | Unowned | |
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Hideko Okiyama | Tatsu Masuda | Unowned |
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Tatsuo Matsumura | Kyota Watanaka | Unowned |
| Imari Tsuji | Otane Watanaka | Unowned | |
| Tomoko Yamazaki | Katsuko Watanaka | Unowned | |
| Masahiko Kametani | Okabe | Unowned | |
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Hiroshi Akutagawa | Hei | Unowned |
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Tomoko Naraoka | Ochô | Unowned |
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Noboru Mitani | Beggar | Unowned |
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Hiroyuki Kawase | Beggar's Son | Unowned |
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Akemi Negishi | Good-Looking Housewife | Unowned |
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Eimei Esumi | Detective | Unowned |
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Minoru Takashima | Policeman | Unowned |
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Kazuo Katō | Painter | Unowned |
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Michiko Araki | Restaurant proprietress | Unowned |
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Toki Shiozawa | Waitress | Unowned |
| Masakazu Kuwayama | Western-style restaurant owner | Unowned | |
| Hiroshi Kiyama | Sushi Shop Proprietor | Unowned | |
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Kōji Mitsui | Foodstand owner | Unowned |
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Jerry Fujio | Kichi the Carpenter Bee | Unowned |
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Masahiko Tanimura | Mr. Sô | Unowned |
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Atsushi Watanabe | Mr. Tanba | Unowned |
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Kamatari Fujiwara | Suicidal Old Man | Unowned |
| Sanji Kojima | Thief | Unowned | |
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Kayako Sono | Kichi's Wife | Unowned |
| Yoshiko Maki | 2nd Wife | Unowned | |
| Toshiko Sakurai | 3rd Wife | Unowned | |
| Toriko Takahara | 5th Wife | Unowned | |
| Matsue Ono | 4th Wife | Unowned | |
| Reiko Niimura | 1st Wife | Unowned | |
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Akira Hitomi | 1st Man Calling Out | Unowned |
| Shōji Ichimura | 3rd Man Calling Out | Unowned | |
| Shin Ibuki | 5th Man Calling Out | Unowned | |
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Masaya Nihei | 4th Man Calling Out | Unowned |
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Takashi Ebata | 2nd Man Calling Out | Unowned |