Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys, a maker of costume jewelry, and a streetcorner artist all struggle to make their livings and to find happiness in difficult surroundings.

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Cast

Setsuko Hara

Yuki

Toshirō Mifune

Kurokawa

Yōko Sugi

Harumi

Hisaya Morishige

Akazawa

Murasaki Fujima

Konatsu

Hiroshi Koizumi

Shôtarô

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Tsuruko

Kazuo Masubuchi

Chûkichi

Chōko Iida

Matsuyo

Reikichi Kawamura

Yamamoto

Hisao Toake

Jewelry shop proprietor

Sadako Sawamura

Jewelry shop proprietress