Dodes'ka-den

1970 · どですかでん

Directed by

Akira Kurosawa

Starring

Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura

Runtime

2h 20m

Country

USA

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.