Junzaburo Ban, Keiji Furuyama, Kin Sugai

Episodes from the lives of a group of Tokyo slum-dwellers: Rokkuchan, a retarded boy who brings meaning and routine to his life by driving an imaginary streetcar; children who support their parents by...( read more  read more... ) scrounging or by tedious and ill-paying endeavours; schemers who plot or dream of escaping the shackles of poverty.

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Unrated, 2 hrs. 20 min.

Directed by: Akira Kurosawa

Release Date: October 31, 1970

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  • August 27, 2009
    the watching of this film was bitter sweet for me. bitter because this is the last of kurosawa's films that i needed to see, ive watched all 30, and there are no more purely kurosawa films left for me to pursue (although i can go after the few that he worked on in smaller capaci...( read more)ties). watching this film was sweet in that i can now emphatically say that kurosawa never made a film that was even average or worse. some werent great but they were all good enough to recommend and watch more than once. as for this film, kurosawa's first color piece is a beautiful one. the film details the lives of many people living in a slum together, and while it never really crosses the stories over it is more a commentary on slum life and human nature. depravity reigns heavy and many of the stories were incredibly touching despite the lack of hope the characters face. the cinematography and art direction were especially impressive, and i was overcome with the reality of how unfortunate it is that this film was so unsuccessful that it drove kurosawa to a suicide attempt, which was ironic considering a character in the film attempts suicide and is tricked by the crafty old man into seeing that life is valuable. a beautiful and worthwhile film.
  • October 7, 2008
    nominated for best foreign film at the oscars
  • August 16, 2007
    Kurosawa's first color film is a brilliant episodic story about lower class people who escape from reality using their imagination. It's a mosaic of funny, melancholy and profound vignettes.

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