Dodes'ka-den

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Written by Shūgorō Yamamoto, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni

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.

Cast

Yoshitaka Zushi

Roku-Chan

Kin Sugai

Okuni

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Toshiyuki Tonomura

Taro Sawagami

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Shinsuke Minami

Ryotaro Sawagami

Yūko Kusunoki

Misao Sawagami

Junzaburō Ban

Yukichi Shima

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Kiyoko Tange

Mrs. Shima

Michio Hino

Mr. Ikawa

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Keiji Furuyama

Mr. Matsui

Tappei Shimokawa

Mr. Nomoto

Kunie Tanaka

Hatsutaro Kawaguchi

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Yoshie Kawaguchi