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
Hideko Okiyama
as Tatsu Masuda
Hiroshi Akutagawa
as Hei
Kazuo Katō
as Painter
Jitsuko Yoshimura
as Yoshie Kawaguchi
Kōji Mitsui
as Foodstand owner
Takashi Ebata
as 2nd Man Calling Out
Michiko Araki
as Restaurant proprietress
Junzaburō Ban
as Yukichi Shima
Tappei Shimokawa
as Mr. Nomoto
Hisashi Igawa
as Masuo Masuda
Akemi Negishi
as Good-Looking Housewife
Minoru Takashima
as Policeman
Shinsuke Minami
as Ryotaro Sawagami
Tomoko Naraoka
as Ochô
Noboru Mitani
as Beggar
Hiroyuki Kawase
as Beggar's Son
Eimei Esumi
as Detective
Masaya Nihei
as 4th Man Calling Out
Yūko Kusunoki
as Misao Sawagami
Kiyoko Tange
as Mrs. Shima
Kunie Tanaka
as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Jerry Fujio
as Kichi the Carpenter Bee
Kin Sugai
as Okuni
Michio Hino
as Mr. Ikawa
Masahiko Tanimura
as Mr. Sô
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Suicidal Old Man
Kayako Sono
as Kichi's Wife
Yoshitaka Zushi
as Roku-Chan
Tatsuo Matsumura
as Kyota Watanaka
Atsushi Watanabe
as Mr. Tanba
Toki Shiozawa
as Waitress
