Drama
Dodes'ka-den
On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “drives” an imaginary trolley, a homeless father and son designing a dream house, a young woman brutalized at home, drunks, schemers, and saints of small kindnesses. Kurosawa crafts a ragged mosaic of hardship, fantasy, and flickers of grace that keep people moving forward.
Directed by Akira Kurosawa, Kon Ichikawa, Keisuke Kinoshita
71
User score
158 votes
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Status
Released
Released
October 31, 1970
Runtime
2h 20m
Language
Japanese
Top cast
Yoshitaka Zushi
Roku-Chan
Kin Sugai
Okuni
Toshiyuki Tonomura
Taro Sawagami
Shinsuke Minami
Ryotaro Sawagami
Yūko Kusunoki
Misao Sawagami
Junzaburō Ban
Yukichi Shima
Kiyoko Tange
Mrs. Shima
Michio Hino
Mr. Ikawa
Keiji Furuyama
Mr. Matsui
Tappei Shimokawa
Mr. Nomoto
Kunie Tanaka
Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Yoshie Kawaguchi
Hisashi Igawa
Masuo Masuda
Hideko Okiyama
Tatsu Masuda
Tatsuo Matsumura
Kyota Watanaka
Imari Tsuji
Otane Watanaka
Tomoko Yamazaki
Katsuko Watanaka
Masahiko Kametani
Okabe
Hiroshi Akutagawa
Hei
Tomoko Naraoka
Ochô
