In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.
Directed byAkira Kurosawa
Written byMaxim Gorky, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni
CountryJapan
Runtime125 min
On screen
Toshirô Mifune
Isuzu Yamada
Kyôko Kagawa