Dodes'ka-den

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Audience Score
70
Dodes'ka-den
StarringYoshitaka ZushiKin SugaiToshiyuki Tonomura
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
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NR 2 hr 20 minDrama
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Plot
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.

Movie Details

Original Language:Japanese
Executive Producers:Akira Kurosawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, Kon Ichikawa, Masaki Kobayashi
Production Companies:Yonki-no-Kai Productions, TOHO
based on novel or bookpovertymultiple storylinesslumdespairgarbage dump dwellers