Toku, a factory worker gives food to a starving woman, Tsuru, who then follows him home. He shares a shack in a shanty village in Kawasaki with his friend Pin-chan. The two men try to get rid of her but then let her stay when she gives them money. Tsuru tells the people of the village that she lost her job due to a strike, then was robbed of her severance pay, then sold to a brothel in Tsuchiura. She ran away with a friend from Kawasaki. Toku and Pin-chan sell her to a geisha house and spend the money. She is thrown out. The owner demands his money back. Tsuru earns the money to pay their debt by working as a prostitute outside the station. The other prostitutes beat her. She fends them off with a policeman's revolver and is then shot dead by the police.
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The Ditch Cast
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Taiji Tonoyama
He was 38, 73 years old when he died
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Chôko Iida
He was 57, 75 years old when he died
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Nobuko Otowa
She was 29, 70 years old when she died
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as Tsuru |
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Kinzô Shin
He was 44, 78 years old when he died
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So Yamamura
He was 44, 90 years old when he died
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Kamatari Fujiwara
He was 49, 80 years old when he died
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Noriko Honma
She was 42, 97 years old when she died
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Mayuri Mokushô
She was 24, now 94 years old
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Ichiro Sugai
He was 47, 66 years old when he died
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Chieko Nakakita
She was 28, 79 years old when she died
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Yoshi Katō
He was 41, 75 years old when he died
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Tsutomu Shimomoto
He was 36, 83 years old when he died
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Jukichi Uno
He was 39, 73 years old when he died
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Takashi Kanda
He was 36, 68 years old when he died
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Ranko Akagi
She was 40, 59 years old when she died
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Bokuzen Hidari
He was 60, 77 years old when he died
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The Ditch Crew
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Kaneto Shindō as Director. He was 42 (100) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Kaneto Shindō as Screenplay. He was 42 (100) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Takeo Itō as Director of Photography. He was 65 (75) years old when He died
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Camera |
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Akira Ifukube as Original Music Composer. He was 40 (91) years old when He died
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Sound |
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Zenju Imaizumi as Editor. |
Editing |
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Kōzaburō Yoshimura as Executive Producer. He was 42 (89) years old when He died
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Production |
