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.

• Akira KurosawaScreenplay
• Shinobu HashimotoScreenplay
• Akira KurosawaDirector
• Hideo OguniScreenplay
• Toru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer

• Yoshitaka ZushiRoku-Chan
• Kin SugaiOkuni
• Toshiyuki TonomuraTaro Sawagami
• Shinsuke MinamiRyotaro Sawagami
• Yūko KusunokiMisao Sawagami
• Junzaburō BanYukichi Shima
• Kiyoko TangeMrs. Shima
• Michio HinoMr. Ikawa
• Keiji FuruyamaMr. Matsui
• Tappei ShimokawaMr. Nomoto
• Kunie TanakaHatsutaro Kawaguchi
• Jitsuko YoshimuraYoshie Kawaguchi