Dodes'ka-den

1970 • 2h 20m • Drama

73%Rotten Tomatoes

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.

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Writers

Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni

Status

Released