Dodes'ka-den
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.
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Cast
Hiroyuki Kawase
Beggar's Son
Kōji Mitsui
Foodstand owner
Jerry Fujio
Kichi the Carpenter Bee
Atsushi Watanabe
Mr. Tanba
Hisashi Igawa
Masuo Masuda
Junzaburō Ban
Yukichi Shima
Tatsuo Matsumura
Kyota Watanaka
Tomoko Naraoka
Ochô
Akira Hitomi
1st Man Calling Out
Tappei Shimokawa
Mr. Nomoto
Noboru Mitani
Beggar
Eimei Esumi
Detective
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Yoshie Kawaguchi
Hiroshi Akutagawa
Hei
Akemi Negishi
Good-Looking Housewife
Michiko Araki
Restaurant proprietress
Hideko Okiyama
Tatsu Masuda
Toki Shiozawa
Waitress
Masahiko Tanimura
Mr. Sô
Kamatari Fujiwara
Suicidal Old Man
Kazuo Katō
Painter
Kin Sugai
Okuni
Shinsuke Minami
Ryotaro Sawagami
Kunie Tanaka
Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Kayako Sono
Kichi's Wife
Michio Hino
Mr. Ikawa
Minoru Takashima
Policeman
Takashi Ebata
2nd Man Calling Out
Yoshitaka Zushi
Roku-Chan
Yūko Kusunoki
Misao Sawagami
Masaya Nihei
4th Man Calling Out