Dodes'ka-den backdrop

Dodes'ka-den 1970 Directed by Akira Kurosawa どですかでん

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gnere Drama
Production Companies TOHO , Yonki-no-Kai Productions
Release Date 31 October 1970
140 mins
Cast
Yoshitaka Zushi Roku-Chan
Kin Sugai Okuni
Toshiyuki Tonomura Taro Sawagami
Shinsuke Minami Ryotaro Sawagami
Yūko Kusunoki Misao Sawagami
Junzaburō Ban Yukichi Shima
Kiyoko Tange Mrs. Shima
Michio Hino Mr. Ikawa
Keiji Furuyama Mr. Matsui
Tappei Shimokawa Mr. Nomoto
Kunie Tanaka Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Jitsuko Yoshimura Yoshie Kawaguchi
Hisashi Igawa Masuo Masuda
Hideko Okiyama Tatsu Masuda
Tatsuo Matsumura Kyota Watanaka
Imari Tsuji Otane Watanaka
Tomoko Yamazaki Katsuko Watanaka
Hiroyuki Kawase Beggar's Son
Akemi Negishi Good-Looking Housewife
Eimei Esumi Detective
Kazuo Katō Painter
Michiko Araki Restaurant proprietress
Toki Shiozawa Waitress
Masakazu Kuwayama Western-style restaurant owner
Hiroshi Kiyama Sushi Shop Proprietor
Kōji Mitsui Foodstand owner
Jerry Fujio Kichi the Carpenter Bee
Kamatari Fujiwara Suicidal Old Man
Kayako Sono Kichi's Wife
Yoshiko Maki 2nd Wife
Matsue Ono 4th Wife
Reiko Niimura 1st Wife
Akira Hitomi 1st Man Calling Out
Shōji Ichimura 3rd Man Calling Out
Shin Ibuki 5th Man Calling Out
Masaya Nihei 4th Man Calling Out
Takashi Ebata 2nd Man Calling Out