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Dodes'ka-den

DramaNot Rated

Duration

2h 20m

Release

31 Oct 1970

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Overview

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.

Plot

Various tales in the lives of Tokyo slum dwellers, including a mentally deficient young man obsessed with driving his own commuter trolley.

Cast

Yoshitaka ZushiKin SugaiToshiyuki Tonomura

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 7.3/10Rotten Tomatoes: 73%

Details

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Writers

Akira KurosawaHideo OguniShinobu Hashimoto

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 1 nomination total

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