Dodes'ka-den

Dodes'ka-den

140 mins | Drama | Oct. 1, 1970

This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances are, each of them—the homeless father and son envisioning their dream house; the young woman abused by her uncle; the boy who imagines himself a trolley conductor—finds reasons to carry on.

Dodes'ka-den

140 mins | Drama | Oct. 1, 1970

Dodes'ka-den
This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances are, each of them—the homeless father and son envisioning their dream house; the young woman abused by her uncle; the boy who imagines himself a trolley conductor—finds reasons to carry on.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Toho Company, Ltd., Yonki-no-Kai Productions
Original title どですかでん
Directors Akira Kurosawa
Writers Shûgorô Yamamoto, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Yoshitaka Zushi

as Roku-Chan

Kin Sugai

as Okuni

Toshiyuki Tonomura

as Taro Sawagami

Shinsuke Minami

as Ryotaro Sawagami

Yûko Kusunoki

as Misao Sawagami

Junzaburō Ban

as Yukichi Shima

Kiyoko Tange

as Mrs. Shima

Michio Hino

as Mr. Ikawa

Keiji Furuyama

as Mr. Matsui

Tappei Shimokawa

as Mr. Nomoto

Kunie Tanaka

as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi

Jitsuko Yoshimura

as Yoshie Kawaguchi

Hisashi Igawa

as Masuo Masuda

Hideko Okiyama

as Tatsu Masuda

Tatsuo Matsumura

as Kyota Watanaka

Imari Tsuji

as Otane Watanaka

Tomoko Yamazaki

as Katsuko Watanaka

Tomoko Naraoka

as Ochô

Noboru Mitani

as Beggar

Hiroyuki Kawase

as Beggar's Son

Akemi Negishi

as Good-Looking Housewife

Eimei Esumi

as Detective

Minoru Takashima

as Policeman

Kazuo Katô

as Painter

Michiko Araki

as Restaurant proprietress

Toki Shiozawa

as Waitress

Masakazu Kuwayama

as Western-style restaurant owner

Hiroshi Kiyama

as Sushi Shop Proprietor

Kōji Mitsui

as Foodstand owner

Jerry Fujio

as Kichi the Carpenter Bee

Masahiko Tanimura

as Mr. Sô

Atsushi Watanabe

as Mr. Tanba

Kamatari Fujiwara

as Suicidal Old Man

Sanji Kojima

as Thief

Kayako Sono

as Kichi's Wife

Yoshiko Maki

as 2nd Wife

Toshiko Sakurai

as 3rd Wife

Toriko Takahara

as 5th Wife

Matsue Ono

as 4th Wife

Reiko Niimura

as 1st Wife

Akira Hitomi

as 1st Man Calling Out

Shôji Ichimura

as 3rd Man Calling Out

Shin Ibuki

as 5th Man Calling Out

Masaya Nihei

as 4th Man Calling Out

Takashi Ebata

as 2nd Man Calling Out

Minoko Kaizuka

as Kumanbachi's second child (uncredited)