

Dodes'ka-den(1970)
Overview
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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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

Hisashi Igawa
Masuo Masuda

Hideko Okiyama
Tatsu Masuda

Tatsuo Matsumura
Kyota Watanaka
Imari Tsuji
Otane Watanaka
Tomoko Yamazaki
Katsuko Watanaka
Masahiko Kametani
Okabe

Hiroshi Akutagawa
Hei

Tomoko Naraoka
Ochô

Noboru Mitani
Beggar

Hiroyuki Kawase
Beggar's Son

Akemi Negishi
Good-Looking Housewife

Eimei Esumi
Detective

Minoru Takashima
Policeman

Kazuo Katō
Painter

Michiko Araki
Restaurant proprietress

Toki Shiozawa
Waitress
Masakazu Kuwayama
Western-style restaurant owner
Hiroshi Kiyama
Sushi Shop Proprietor

Kōji Mitsui
Foodstand owner

Jerry Fujio
Kichi the Carpenter Bee

Masahiko Tanimura
Mr. Sô

Atsushi Watanabe
Mr. Tanba

Kamatari Fujiwara
Suicidal Old Man
Sanji Kojima
Thief

Kayako Sono
Kichi's Wife
Yoshiko Maki
2nd Wife
Toshiko Sakurai
3rd Wife
Toriko Takahara
5th Wife
Matsue Ono
4th Wife
Reiko Niimura
1st Wife
Akira Hitomi
1st Man Calling Out
Shōji Ichimura
3rd Man Calling Out
Shin Ibuki
5th Man Calling Out

Masaya Nihei
4th Man Calling Out

Takashi Ebata
2nd Man Calling Out
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