Film
Dodes'ka-den
1970· U· 2h 20m· Drama
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.
1970-10-31
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Key Crew
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
ScreenplayAkira Kurosawa
ProducerYōichi Matsue
Director of PhotographyTakao Saitō
Original Music ComposerToru Takemitsu
EditorReiko Kaneko
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 17 crew)
Details
Released1970-10-31
Runtime2h 20m · U
StatusReleased
StudiosYonki-no-Kai Productions · TOHO
LanguagesJapanese
CountriesJapan
Rating7.1/10 · 156 votes
Original languageja
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