Dodes'ka-den (1970)
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.
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Writers:
Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni.
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Yoshitaka Zushi as Roku-Chan |
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Kin Sugai as Okuni |
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Toshiyuki Tonomura as Taro Sawagami |
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Shinsuke Minami as Ryotaro Sawagami |
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Yūko Kusunoki as Misao Sawagami |
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Junzaburō Ban as Yukichi Shima |
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Kiyoko Tange as Mrs. Shima |
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Michio Hino as Mr. Ikawa |
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Keiji Furuyama as Mr. Matsui |
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Tappei Shimokawa as Mr. Nomoto |
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Kunie Tanaka as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi |
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Jitsuko Yoshimura as Yoshie Kawaguchi |
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Hisashi Igawa as Masuo Masuda |
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Hideko Okiyama as Tatsu Masuda |
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Tatsuo Matsumura as Kyota Watanaka |
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Imari Tsuji as Otane Watanaka |
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Tomoko Yamazaki as Katsuko Watanaka |
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Masahiko Kametani as Okabe |
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Hiroshi Akutagawa as Hei |
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Tomoko Naraoka as Ochô |
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Noboru Mitani as Beggar |
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Hiroyuki Kawase as Beggar's Son |
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Akemi Negishi as Good-Looking Housewife |
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Eimei Esumi as Detective |
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Minoru Takashima as Policeman |
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Kazuo Katō as Painter |
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Michiko Araki as Restaurant proprietress |
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Toki Shiozawa as Waitress |
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Masakazu Kuwayama as Western-style restaurant owner |
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Hiroshi Kiyama as Sushi Shop Proprietor |
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Kōji Mitsui as Foodstand owner |
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Jerry Fujio as Kichi the Carpenter Bee |
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Masahiko Tanimura as Mr. Sô |
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Atsushi Watanabe as Mr. Tanba |
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Kamatari Fujiwara as Suicidal Old Man |
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Sanji Kojima as Thief |
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Kayako Sono as Kichi's Wife |
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Yoshiko Maki as 2nd Wife |
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Toshiko Sakurai as 3rd Wife |
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Toriko Takahara as 5th Wife |
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Matsue Ono as 4th Wife |
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Reiko Niimura as 1st Wife |
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Akira Hitomi as 1st Man Calling Out |
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Shōji Ichimura as 3rd Man Calling Out |
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Shin Ibuki as 5th Man Calling Out |
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Masaya Nihei as 4th Man Calling Out |
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Takashi Ebata as 2nd Man Calling Out |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shūgorō Yamamoto | Novel |
| Writing | Shinobu Hashimoto | Screenplay |
| Directing | Akira Kurosawa | Director |
| Crew | Akio Nojima | Property Master |
| Production | Keisuke Kinoshita | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Takao Saitō | Director of Photography |
| Production | Akira Kurosawa | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yōichi Matsue | Producer |
| Sound | Fumio Yanoguchi | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Kon Ichikawa | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Reiko Kaneko | Editor |
| Sound | Hiromitsu Mori | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Masaki Kobayashi | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Hideo Oguni | Screenplay |
| Sound | Toru Takemitsu | Original Music Composer |
