Dodes'ka-den (1970)
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
Yūko Kusunoki
Misao Sawagami
Junzaburō Ban
Yukichi Shima
Michio Hino
Mr. Ikawa
Tappei Shimokawa
Mr. Nomoto
Kunie Tanaka
Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Yoshie Kawaguchi
Hisashi Igawa
Masuo Masuda
Hideko Okiyama
Tatsu Masuda
Tatsuo Matsumura
Kyota Watanaka
Hiroshi Akutagawa
Hei
Tomoko Naraoka
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