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By turns tragic and transcendent, Akira Kurosawa’s film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances are, 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. The unforgettable Dodes’ka-den was made at a tumultuous moment in Kurosawa's life. And all of his hopes, fears, and artistic passion are on fervent display in this, his gloriously shot first color film.
Original Release
10/01/1970
US Release
10/01/1970
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Yoshitaka Zushi | Roku-chan |
Kin Sugai | Okuni |
Toshiyuki Tonomura | Taro Sawagami |
Shinsuke Minami | Ryotaro Sawagami |
Yûko Kusunoki | Misao Sawagami |
Junzaburô Ban | Yukichi Shima |
Kiyoko Tange | Mrs. Shima |
Michio Hino | Mr. Ikawa |
Keiji Furuyama | Mr. Matsui |
Tappei Shimokawa | Mr. Nomoto |
Directors
Writers
Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Shûgorô Yamamoto
Cast
Name | Character |
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Yoshitaka Zushi | Roku-chan |
Kin Sugai | Okuni |
Toshiyuki Tonomura | Taro Sawagami |
Shinsuke Minami | Ryotaro Sawagami |
Yûko Kusunoki | Misao Sawagami |
Junzaburô 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 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Akira Kurosawa | Executive Producer |
Kon Ichikawa | Executive Producer |
Keisuke Kinoshita | Executive Producer |
Masaki Kobayashi | Executive Producer |
Akira Kurosawa | Producer |
Masaki Kobayashi | Producer |
Keisuke Kinoshita | Producer |
Kon Ichikawa | Producer |
Yôichi Matsue | Producer |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1972 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |