Criterion/Voyager (1957)
Drama | Foreign
Japan | Japanese | Color | 02:05
In a run-down Edo tenement, an elderly man (Rokubei) and his bitter wife (Osugi) rent out rooms and beds to the poor. The tenants are gamblers, prostitutes, petty thieves and drunk layabouts, all struggling to survive.
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Toshirô Mifune | Sutekichi the Thief |
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Isuzu Yamada | Osugi the Landlady |
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Kyôko Kagawa | Okayo / Osugi's Sister |
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Ganjirô Nakamura | Rokubei / Osugi's Husband |
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Minoru Chiaki | Tonosama - the former Samurai |
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Kamatari Fujiwara | The Actor |
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Akemi Negishi | Osen the Prostitute |
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Nijiko Kiyokawa | Otaki the Candy-Seller |
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Koji Mitsui | Yoshisaburo the Gambler |
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Eijiro Tono | Tomekichi the Tinker |
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Haruo Tanaka | Tatsu |
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Eiko Miyoshi | Asa / Tomekichi's Wife |
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Bokuzen Hidari | Kahei the Pilgrim |
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Atsushi Watanabe | Kuna |
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Kichijiro Ueda | Shimazo the Police Agent |
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Yu Fujiki | Unokichi |
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Fujitayama | Tsugaru |
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Kamayuki Tsubono | Tradesman |
| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
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| Writer | Maxim Gorky, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni | |
| Producer | Akira Kurosawa, Sojiro Motoki, Tomoyuki Tanaka | |
| Musician | Masaru Satô | |
| Photography | Kazuo Yamazaki | |
| Edition | Special Edition/ 2 Discs |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 2 |
| Screen Ratios | Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital Stereo [Japanese] SUB [English] |
| Subtitles | English |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Jun 22, 2004 |
| Regions | Region 1 |