Primer film en color del maestro Kurosawa, retrato un grupo de habitantes de los barrios bajos de Tokio que, ante el desolador panorama de pobreza y alcoholismo, usan la imaginación como arma para luchar contra la dura realidad de sobrevivir.

With his first film made in color and without his regular troupe of performers, Akira Kurosawa creates something entirely unexpected: a deceptively stylized and symbolic—sometimes comedic, yet ultimately tragic—social drama set in an impoverished area outside contemporary Tokyo. Striking & sublime!