Fumio Yoshida

Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys, a maker of costume jewelry, and a streetcorner artist all struggle to make their livings and to find happiness in difficult surroundings.

A jidaigeki film on Banzuiin Chōbei produced in 1940 and directed by Yasuki Chiba.

The romantic struggles of three close friends who came back from the war.

1938 Theater of Life adaptation.