Dodes'ka-den (1970)
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.
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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
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