In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family. (Japan, 1957, B&W, 125 min, dir. Akira Kurosawa, with Toshiro Mifune & Isuzu Yamada, Japanese with English subtitles) (#2297)