Movie
Dodes'ka-den
Released: October 31, 1970 (1970)
Runtime: 140 minutes
Genres: Drama
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Junzaburō Ban as Yukichi Shima
Age at release: 62
- Michio Hino as Mr. Ikawa
Age at release: 56
- Kiyoko Tange as Mrs. Shima
Age at release: 50
- Kin Sugai as Okuni
Age at release: 44
- Tappei Shimokawa as Mr. Nomoto
Age at release: 41
- Shinsuke Minami as Ryotaro Sawagami
Age at release: 40
- Yūko Kusunoki as Misao Sawagami
Age at release: 37
- Yoshitaka Zushi as Roku-Chan
Age at release: 15
- Toshiyuki Tonomura as Taro Sawagami
Age at release: Unknown
- Keiji Furuyama as Mr. Matsui
Age at release: Unknown
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- Hiroshi Kiyama as Sushi Shop Proprietor
Age at release: 60
- Tatsuo Matsumura as Kyota Watanaka
Age at release: 55
- Michiko Araki as Restaurant proprietress
Age at release: 53
- Hiroshi Akutagawa as Hei
Age at release: 50
- Imari Tsuji as Otane Watanaka
Age at release: 49
- Masakazu Kuwayama as Western-style restaurant owner
Age at release: 48
- Kazuo Katō as Painter
Age at release: 42
- Toki Shiozawa as Waitress
Age at release: 42
- Tomoko Naraoka as Ochô
Age at release: 40
- Minoru Takashima as Policeman
Age at release: 40
- Noboru Mitani as Beggar
Age at release: 38
- Kunie Tanaka as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Age at release: 37
- Akemi Negishi as Good-Looking Housewife
Age at release: 36
- Eimei Esumi as Detective
Age at release: 35
- Hisashi Igawa as Masuo Masuda
Age at release: 33
- Jitsuko Yoshimura as Yoshie Kawaguchi
Age at release: 27
- Hideko Okiyama as Tatsu Masuda
Age at release: 24
- Hiroyuki Kawase as Beggar's Son
Age at release: 6
- Tomoko Yamazaki as Katsuko Watanaka
Age at release: Unknown
- Masahiko Kametani as Okabe
Age at release: Unknown