Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off his affair with landlady Osugi to romance her younger sister, Okayo, Osugi extracts her revenge by revealing her infidelity to her jealous husband.
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Toshirō Mifune Sutekichi the Thief
Isuzu Yamada Osugi the Landlady
Kyōko Kagawa Okayo, Osugi's Sister
Ganjirō Nakamura II Rokubei, Osugi's Husband
Minoru Chiaki Former Samurai
Kamatari Fujiwara The Actor
Akemi Negishi Osen the Prostitute
Nijiko Kiyokawa Otaki the Candy-Seller
Kōji Mitsui Yoshisaburo the Gambler
Eijirō Tōno Tomekichi the Tinker
Haruo Tanaka Tatsu
Eiko Miyoshi Asa, Tomekichi's WifeScreenings in Brussels
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