About the struggles of day labourers to achieve dignity and a standard of living above the starvation level. Utilising the Zenshinza theatrical troupe.
Chōjūrō Kawarasaki
Shuzo Mori
Kan'emon Nakamura
Hanamura
Isao Kimura
Mizuno
Shizue Kawarazaki
Sato, Mori's wife
Hatae Kishi
Mizuno's wife
Chōko Iida
Akiyama grandmother
Jiro Kawarazaki
Yūichi, Shuzo's son
Yoshiko Machida
Tamiyo, Shuzo's daughter
Kunitarō Kawarasaki
landlord Yamakawa
Shotaro Ichikawa
Mizuno's father
Izumi Imamura
Mizuno's sister
Kikunojo Segawa
Yoshida Factory Manager
Rome, Open City
My Own Private Idaho
Monster
Greed
The Blue Lagoon
Bicycle Thieves
Salomé
The River
Come Sunday
Goodbye June
Bastard Out of Carolina
The Pumpkin Eater
Cellulose
The Children of Fierro
Maaveeran
Black '47
Icefall
My Dinner with Hervé
Starving in Suburbia
Holy Lands