The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Two broke sweethearts wander war-scarred Tokyo on a single Sunday, stretching 35 yen as they chase housing, small pleasures, and a little hope.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
97 audience votes
Key crew
- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Tadashi HattoriOriginal Music Composer
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
- Keinosuke UekusaScreenplay
Cast
- Isao NumasakiYuzo
- Chieko NakakitaMasako
- Atsushi WatanabeYamamoto
- Zeko NakamuraDessert Shop Owner
- Toppa UtsumiStreet Photographer
- Ichiro NamikiStreet Photographer
- Ichirō SugaiBlack-marketeer
- Masao ShimizuDance Hall Manager
- Tokuji KobayashiOverweight apartment receptionist
- Shiro MizutaniWaif
- Aguri HidakaDancer
- Midori AriyamaSono, the black-marketeer's mistress
Stills
Themes
breaking the fourth walltokyo, japanpovertyfiancé fiancée relationshippost war japanoccupation