Drama · Japan · 1970 · 2h 20m

Dodes'ka-den

どですかでん

Dodes'ka-den poster
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Cast
Yoshitaka Zushi as Roku-Chan Kin Sugai as Okuni Toshiyuki Tonomura as Taro Sawagami Shinsuke Minami as Ryotaro Sawagami Yūko Kusunoki as Misao Sawagami Junzaburō Ban as Yukichi Shima
Crew
Takao Saitō — Director of Photography Reiko Kaneko — Editor Toru Takemitsu — Original Music Composer Akira Kurosawa — Screenplay Shinobu Hashimoto — Screenplay Hideo Oguni — Screenplay
Synopsis

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.

Trailer Dodes'ka-den — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookslumdespairpovertymultiple storylinesgarbage dump dwellers
Key Collaborators
Akira Kurosawa Director Takao Saitō Director of Photography Reiko Kaneko Editor Toru Takemitsu Original Music Composer Akira Kurosawa Screenplay Shinobu Hashimoto Screenplay Hideo Oguni Screenplay Shūgorō Yamamoto Novel Yōichi Matsue Producer
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