Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Original title: どですかでん
Dodes'ka-den is a 1970 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Akira Kurosawa, with a running time of 2h 20m. It stars Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai and Toshiyuki Tonomura.
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.
Where to watch Dodes'ka-den
Stream: Criterion Channel, HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel
Cast
- Yoshitaka Zushi as Roku-Chan
- Kin Sugai as Okuni
- Toshiyuki Tonomura as Taro Sawagami
- Shinsuke Minami as Ryotaro Sawagami
- Yūko Kusunoki as Misao Sawagami
- Junzaburō Ban as Yukichi Shima
- Kiyoko Tange as Mrs. Shima
- Michio Hino as Mr. Ikawa
- Keiji Furuyama as Mr. Matsui
- Tappei Shimokawa as Mr. Nomoto
- Kunie Tanaka as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
- Jitsuko Yoshimura as Yoshie Kawaguchi