Dodes'ka-den
どですかでん
Release: 1970-10-31
·Runtime: 140m
·★ 7.0
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Yonki-no-Kai Productions
TOHO
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Akemi Negishi
as Good-Looking Housewife
Kōji Mitsui
as Foodstand owner
Jerry Fujio
as Kichi the Carpenter Bee
Kayako Sono
as Kichi's Wife
Shinsuke Minami
as Ryotaro Sawagami
Michio Hino
as Mr. Ikawa
Hisashi Igawa
as Masuo Masuda
Tatsuo Matsumura
as Kyota Watanaka
Kazuo Katō
as Painter
Masahiko Tanimura
as Mr. Sô
Kin Sugai
as Okuni
Hideko Okiyama
as Tatsu Masuda
Hiroyuki Kawase
as Beggar's Son
Minoru Takashima
as Policeman
Takashi Ebata
as 2nd Man Calling Out
Yoshitaka Zushi
as Roku-Chan
Junzaburō Ban
as Yukichi Shima
Kunie Tanaka
as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Hiroshi Akutagawa
as Hei
Atsushi Watanabe
as Mr. Tanba
Yūko Kusunoki
as Misao Sawagami
Tappei Shimokawa
as Mr. Nomoto
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Suicidal Old Man
Michiko Araki
as Restaurant proprietress
Toki Shiozawa
as Waitress
Masaya Nihei
as 4th Man Calling Out
Jitsuko Yoshimura
as Yoshie Kawaguchi
Noboru Mitani
as Beggar
Kiyoko Tange
as Mrs. Shima
Tomoko Naraoka
as Ochô
Eimei Esumi
as Detective
