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.
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Yoshitaka Zushi Roku-Chan
Kin Sugai Okuni Toshiyuki Tonomura Taro Sawagami
Shinsuke Minami Ryotaro Sawagami
Yūko Kusunoki Misao Sawagami
Junzaburō Ban Yukichi Shima Kiyoko Tange Mrs. Shima
Michio Hino Mr. Ikawa Keiji Furuyama Mr. Matsui
Tappei Shimokawa Mr. Nomoto
Kunie Tanaka Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Jitsuko Yoshimura Yoshie KawaguchiScreenings in Brussels
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