Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Dodesukaden
140 min
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.
- Release date
- October 31, 1970
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Cast
- Yoshitaka Zushi as Roku-chan
- Kin Sugai as Okuni
- Toshiyuki Tonomura as Taro Sawagami
- Shinsuke Minami as Ryotaro Sawagami
- Yûko Kusunoki as Misao Sawagami
- Junzaburō Ban as Yukichi Shima
- Kiyoko Tange as Mrs. Shima
- Michio Hino as Mr. Ikawa
- Keiji Furuyama as Mr. Matsui
- Tappei Shimokawa as Mr. Nomoto
- Kunie Tanaka as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
- Jitsuko Yoshimura as Yoshie Kawaguchi
- Hisashi Igawa as Masuo Masuda
- Hideko Okiyama as Tatsu Masuda
- Tatsuo Matsumura as Kyota Watanaka
- Imari Tsuji as Otane Watanaka
- Hiroshi Akutagawa as Hei
- Tomoko Naraoka as Ochô
- Noboru Mitani as Beggar
- Hiroyuki Kawase as Beggar's Son
- Akemi Negishi as Good-Looking Housewife
- Eimei Esumi as Detective
- Minoru Takashima as Policeman
- Kazuo Katô as Painter
- Michiko Araki as Restaurant proprietress
- Toki Shiozawa as Waitress
- Masakazu Kuwayama as Western-style restaurant owner
Crew
- Akira Kurosawa · Director
- Akira Kurosawa · Writer
- Hideo Oguni · Writer
- Shinobu Hashimoto · Writer
- Shûgorô Yamamoto · Writer
- Akira Kurosawa · Producer
- Yôichi Matsue · Producer
- Tôru Takemitsu · Composer
- Yasumichi Fukuzawa · Cinematographer
- Takao Saitô · Cinematographer
- Reiko Kaneko · Editor