Story
Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off his affair with landlady Osugi to romance her younger sister, Okayo, Osugi extracts her revenge by revealing her infidelity to her jealous husband.
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Cast
Toshirō Mifune as Sutekichi the ThiefIsuzu Yamada as Osugi the LandladyKyōko Kagawa as Okayo, Osugi's SisterGanjirō Nakamura II as Rokubei, Osugi's HusbandMinoru Chiaki as Former SamuraiKamatari Fujiwara as The ActorAkemi Negishi as Osen the ProstituteNijiko Kiyokawa as Otaki the Candy-SellerKōji Mitsui as Yoshisaburo the GamblerEijirō Tōno as Tomekichi the Tinker
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