the title of this movie doesn not make a lot of sense and until you see it in operation and because it the sound that a retarded young man make while he operate his imaginary trolley and which be what he do all day . and he be just one of many odd character in this surreal and at time and tragic tale of a group of slum dweller in japan . there be two drunk who trade wife and there a man with aspiration to be a architect and and his young son who he send out to beg for food . there a wise old man who seem to be the pillar of sanity within all that go on around him and and there a businessman with some severe nervous tic that have a wife that treat him ( and everyone else ) like dirt . there no particular plot to this and really and it a bunch of story that drift back and forth between each other and sometimes funny and sometimes tragic . all in all i think it work pretty well and and i have be die to see this for a long time just base on it description . i be not in the least disappointed and and i would definitely recommend this . positive .