
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.
- Year: 1970
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Yonki-no-Kai Productions, TOHO
- Keyword: based on novel or book, slum, despair, poverty, multiple storylines, garbage dump dwellers
- Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Cast: Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura, Shinsuke Minami, Yūko Kusunoki, Junzaburō Ban


















