Dodes'ka-den (1970)

• Drama

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.

Rating

7.1 / 10 (163 votes)

Release date

October 31, 1970

Runtime

2h 20m

Language

Japanese

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Status

Released