JAPAN · 1970

Dodes’ka-den

Akira Kurosawa
Japanese Golden Age poverty and homelessness imagination and escapism human resilience interconnected lives urban decay
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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.

Year1970
CountryJapan
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
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