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.
Year 1970
Studio Yonki-no-Kai Productions, TOHO
Director Akira Kurosawa
Crew Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay), Shūgorō Yamamoto (Novel), Shinobu Hashimoto (Screenplay), Akira Kurosawa (Director), Akio Nojima (Property Master), Keisuke Kinoshita (Executive Producer)
Popularity 2
Language 日本語






























