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.
31st October 1970
55 years ago
2 hours 20 minutes
Finishes at 6:40am
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 1 nomination total
7.3/10
73%
71%
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