Dodes'ka-den

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.

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Writers

Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Shūgorō Yamamoto, Hideo Oguni

Released

October 31, 1970

Language

Japanese