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Dodes'ka-den (1970)

2h 20m · 31 Oct 1970
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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.

Movie ID15535
GenreDrama
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
Main castYoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura, Shinsuke Minami, Yūko Kusunoki, Junzaburō Ban, Kiyoko Tange, Michio Hino
Release date31 October 1970
Release year1970
LanguageJapanese
Duration140 min (2h 20m)
Rating7.1 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseYonki-no-Kai Productions

Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writers: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni

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Yoshitaka ZushiRoku-Chan Kin SugaiOkuni
Toshiyuki TonomuraTaro Sawagami
Shinsuke MinamiRyotaro Sawagami
Yūko KusunokiMisao Sawagami Junzaburō BanYukichi Shima
Kiyoko TangeMrs. Shima
Michio HinoMr. Ikawa
Keiji FuruyamaMr. Matsui
Tappei ShimokawaMr. Nomoto Kunie TanakaHatsutaro Kawaguchi Jitsuko YoshimuraYoshie Kawaguchi Hisashi IgawaMasuo Masuda Hideko OkiyamaTatsu Masuda Tatsuo MatsumuraKyota Watanaka
Imari TsujiOtane Watanaka
Tomoko YamazakiKatsuko Watanaka
Masahiko KametaniOkabe
Hiroshi AkutagawaHei Tomoko NaraokaOchô

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