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Dodes'ka-den (Japanese: どですかでん, Hepburn: Dodesukaden, onomatopoeia term equivalent to "Clickety-clack") is a 1970 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film stars Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura, and Shinsuke Minami.
Oct 17, 1974 · Dodes'ka-den: Directed by Akira Kurosawa. With Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura, Shinsuke Minami. Various tales in the lives of Tokyo slum dwellers, including a mentally deficient young man obsessed with driving his own commuter trolley.
Nov 7, 2018 · Directed by Akira Kurosawa. With Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai and Toshiyuki Tonomura.Dodes'ka-den Blu-ray : https://amzn.to/3QkNz1WDodes'ka-den DVD : https://a...
Dodes’ka-den. 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.
"Dodes'ka-den" is a film quite unlike the other Kurosawas I've seen. It takes place for the most part in an urban trash heap -- sort of an extension of the ash lands in Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" -- where an assortment of shantytown dwellers live largely circular existences.
Overview. This 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.
Mar 10, 2009 · Dodes’ka-den: True Colors | Current | The Criterion Collection. By Stephen Prince. Essays — Mar 10, 2009. A kira Kurosawa made Dodes’ka-den (1970) during the most crisis-laden period of his career.
Dodes'ka-den is another one of Akira Kurosawa's medleys of poverty, similar to The Lower Depths or Red Beard, but this time contemporary. There's loads of different stories, each with a different insight into the human condition.
Dodes’ka-den. Directed by Akira Kurosawa • 1970 • Japan. Starring Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Junzaburo Ban. 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.
Sep 10, 2012 · Dodes'ka-den. Monday 10 September 2012. Written by RM. Time Out says. A highly ambitious social panorama, with the shanty dwellers of a contemporary Tokyo rubbish dump serving as a microcosm...