Dodes'ka-den

Overview

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.

Cast

Yoshitaka Zushi

Roku-Chan

Kin Sugai

Okuni

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Toshiyuki Tonomura

Taro Sawagami

Shinsuke Minami

Ryotaro Sawagami

Yūko Kusunoki

Misao Sawagami

Junzaburō Ban

Yukichi Shima

K

Kiyoko Tange

Mrs. Shima

Michio Hino

Mr. Ikawa

K

Keiji Furuyama

Mr. Matsui

Tappei Shimokawa

Mr. Nomoto

Production Crew

Akira Kurosawa

Director

Keisuke Kinoshita

Executive Producer

Kon Ichikawa

Executive Producer

Masaki Kobayashi

Executive Producer

Y

Yōichi Matsue

Producer