MOVIE
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
Dodes'ka-den in its release era
Released in 1970, Dodes'ka-den sits inside the 1970s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1970-10-31
- TMDB score
- 7.1/10
- Original language
- JA
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Japan
- Studio
- Yonki-no-Kai Productions, TOHO
People behind the title
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Topicsbased on novel or bookslumdespairpovertymultiple storylinesgarbage dump dwellers