Dodes'ka-den
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1970-10-31
Runtime: 140 mins
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Spoken language: 日本語
Genres: Drama
Original title: Dodes'ka-den
Production Companies: Yonki-no-Kai Productions, TOHO
Production Countries: Japan
Cast
Yoshitaka Zushi
Kin Sugai
Toshiyuki Tonomura
Shinsuke Minami
Yūko Kusunoki
Junzaburō Ban
Kiyoko Tange
Michio Hino
Keiji Furuyama
Tappei Shimokawa
Kunie Tanaka
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Hisashi Igawa
Hideko Okiyama
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