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I admire Dodes’ka-den's ambitious scope and wonderful color, but it is very uneven. I think this film could have been great had Kurosawa decided to collaborate with some animators on an epic cartoon. As it is, I think The Lower Depths is a better treatment of similar material.

kaidan

18Jul11

magnificent film by a legendary director.

Francisco R.

13Jun11

I thought it was a surprisingly detached drama coming from Kurosawa's storytelling standards, I was glad to see him so uninvolved in creating pathos and focusing more on multiple character studies that in the end may not get the proper treatment, but that amounts to a highly original and memorable approach to one of his usual subjects. Also, the color palette used here is gorgeous.

Hidden Behind the Screen

21May11

The most experimental of all of Kurosawa's films I've seen thus far (almost all)... Not a perfect film by any means (which came as a shock to me because most Kurosawa's are completely perfect) But I respect Kurosawa all the more for making this film. It displays his characteristic desire to explore the nature of humanity and in this case, humanity in desperation. Could definitely see the Dostoyevsky influence here

NoOneJones

31Jan11

This is how you make a movie about poor people, for all those Italian and French commie directors.

Carina Rosanna Tautu

25Dec10

The best movie Kurosawa made that almost killed him. So underrated and so forgotten.

bleadof

19Apr10

It took me and my friend about 4 hours to watch this film as it sprung conversation as it went on. For some reason it didn't bother me but I suppose I'll give it another look so I can fully appreciate the cinematography in this film. All the characters are caricatures. There's no single character who would break your expectations but I still wanted to see what would happen. This is sad, funny and brilliant film.

The Shadows and Silence

5Apr10

Absolutely sublime humanistic cinema as always from Kurosawa. Perhaps one of my favourite of his gendaigeki films, there are scenes which make your heart ache, your anger boil, your faith in humanity die and then resurrect all in the same scene, bloody wonderful stuff.

javier quintero

22Mar10

Structure and construction in all of its meanings!

Joriah Goad

2Dec09

One of the most visually stunning films Kurosawa ever made. It has such a thick presence about its images. As much as I enjoy his samurai work, I think my heart is just a little larger when it comes to films like High and Low, Dodes'Ka-den, Stray Dog, and Ikiru.