Dodes'ka-den

IMDb 7.1 1970 140 min Drama

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Country

JP

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Yoshitaka Zushi
Yoshitaka Zushi Roku-Chan
Kin Sugai
Kin Sugai Okuni
Toshiyuki Tonomura
Toshiyuki Tonomura Taro Sawagami
Shinsuke Minami
Shinsuke Minami Ryotaro Sawagami
Yūko Kusunoki
Yūko Kusunoki Misao Sawagami