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