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Dodes'ka-den
Dodes'ka-den
7.8
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DODES'KA-DEN

どですかでん | Dodesukaden

Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Japan, 1970
Drama

Synopsis

Dodes’ka-den follows the daily lives of a group of people scraping by in a slum near Tokyo. Each of them—the homeless father and son envisioning their dream house; the young woman abused by her uncle; the boy who imagines himself a trolley conductor—finds reasons to carry on.

Synopsis

Dodes’ka-den follows the daily lives of a group of people scraping by in a slum near Tokyo. Each of them—the homeless father and son envisioning their dream house; the young woman abused by her uncle; the boy who imagines himself a trolley conductor—finds reasons to carry on.

Our take

With his first film made in color and without his regular troupe of performers, Akira Kurosawa creates something entirely unexpected: a deceptively stylized and symbolic—sometimes comedic, yet ultimately tragic—social drama set in an impoverished area outside contemporary Tokyo. Striking & sublime!