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