Dodes'ka-den

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.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Top cast

Yoshitaka Zushi

Roku-Chan

Kin Sugai

Okuni

T

Toshiyuki Tonomura

Taro Sawagami

Shinsuke Minami

Ryotaro Sawagami

Yūko Kusunoki

Misao Sawagami

Junzaburō Ban

Yukichi Shima

K

Kiyoko Tange

Mrs. Shima

Michio Hino

Mr. Ikawa

K

Keiji Furuyama

Mr. Matsui

Tappei Shimokawa

Mr. Nomoto

Kunie Tanaka

Hatsutaro Kawaguchi

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Yoshie Kawaguchi

Hisashi Igawa

Masuo Masuda

Hideko Okiyama

Tatsu Masuda

Tatsuo Matsumura

Kyota Watanaka

I

Imari Tsuji

Otane Watanaka

T

Tomoko Yamazaki

Katsuko Watanaka

M

Masahiko Kametani

Okabe

Hiroshi Akutagawa

Hei

Tomoko Naraoka

Ochô

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