Dodes'ka-den

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.

7

140 min

Cast

Yoshitaka Zushi

as Roku-Chan

Kin Sugai

as Okuni

Toshiyuki Tonomura

as Taro Sawagami

Shinsuke Minami

as Ryotaro Sawagami

Yūko Kusunoki

as Misao Sawagami

Junzaburō Ban

as Yukichi Shima

Kiyoko Tange

as Mrs. Shima

Michio Hino

as Mr. Ikawa

Keiji Furuyama

as Mr. Matsui

Tappei Shimokawa

as Mr. Nomoto

Kunie Tanaka

as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi

Jitsuko Yoshimura

as Yoshie Kawaguchi

Hisashi Igawa

as Masuo Masuda

Hideko Okiyama

as Tatsu Masuda

Tatsuo Matsumura

as Kyota Watanaka

Imari Tsuji

as Otane Watanaka

Tomoko Yamazaki

as Katsuko Watanaka

Masahiko Kametani

as Okabe

Hiroshi Akutagawa

as Hei

Tomoko Naraoka

as Ochô

Noboru Mitani

as Beggar

Hiroyuki Kawase

as Beggar's Son

Akemi Negishi

as Good-Looking Housewife

Eimei Esumi

as Detective

Minoru Takashima

as Policeman

Kazuo Katō

as Painter

Michiko Araki

as Restaurant proprietress

Toki Shiozawa

as Waitress

Masakazu Kuwayama

as Western-style restaurant owner

Hiroshi Kiyama

as Sushi Shop Proprietor

Kōji Mitsui

as Foodstand owner

Jerry Fujio

as Kichi the Carpenter Bee

Masahiko Tanimura

as Mr. Sô

Atsushi Watanabe

as Mr. Tanba

Kamatari Fujiwara

as Suicidal Old Man

Sanji Kojima

as Thief

Kayako Sono

as Kichi's Wife

Yoshiko Maki

as 2nd Wife

Toshiko Sakurai

as 3rd Wife

Toriko Takahara

as 5th Wife

Matsue Ono

as 4th Wife

Reiko Niimura

as 1st Wife

Akira Hitomi

as 1st Man Calling Out

Shōji Ichimura

as 3rd Man Calling Out

Shin Ibuki

as 5th Man Calling Out

Masaya Nihei

as 4th Man Calling Out

Takashi Ebata

as 2nd Man Calling Out

Director

Akira Kurosawa