An Inn in Tokyo

Kihachi an unemployed worker wanders around the industrial flatlands of Tokyos Koto district with his two young sons Zenko and Masako He is unable to find a job and has to rely on his sons catching stray dogs to earn reward money for their meals As days go by Kihachi and the boys no longer have enough money to stay at an inn for the night Luckily for him he encounters an old friend Otsune who finds him a job and allows them to stay at her eatery house