Dodes'ka-den
どですかでん
1970 · 2h 20m · Drama · Japan · Rated U (FR)
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.
Directed by
Akira KurosawaBased on the novel by
Shūgorō Yamamoto6.7Smart score
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based on novel or bookdespairgarbage dump dwellersmultiple storylinespovertyslum
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