Dodes'ka-den
Overview
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.
About Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Released in 1970, Dodes'ka-den is a drama film from Yonki-no-Kai Productions (Japan). It was directed by Akira Kurosawa and written by Akira Kurosawa and Shinobu Hashimoto. The cast is led by Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura, Shinsuke Minami and Yūko Kusunoki. With a runtime of 2h 20m, the film averages 7.1/10 across 162 TMDB ratings.
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