Dodes'ka-den

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 Roku-Chan

Kin Sugai Okuni

Toshiyuki Tonomura Taro Sawagami

Shinsuke Minami Ryotaro Sawagami

Yūko Kusunoki Misao Sawagami