Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
2 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best International Feature Film (1972)
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Music
Music by Tōru Takemitsu
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Takao Saito
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
- Shūgorō YamamotoNovel
- Shinobu HashimotoScreenplay
- Hideo OguniScreenplay
- Original title
- どですかでん
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 31, 1970
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Cast
Yoshitaka ZushiRoku-Chan
Kin SugaiOkuni- Toshiyuki TonomuraTaro Sawagami
- Shinsuke MinamiRyotaro Sawagami
Yūko KusunokiMisao Sawagami
Junzaburō BanYukichi Shima- Kiyoko TangeMrs. Shima
Michio HinoMr. Ikawa- Keiji FuruyamaMr. Matsui
Tappei ShimokawaMr. Nomoto
Kunie TanakaHatsutaro Kawaguchi
Jitsuko YoshimuraYoshie Kawaguchi
Hisashi IgawaMasuo Masuda
Hideko OkiyamaTatsu Masuda
Tatsuo MatsumuraKyota Watanaka- Imari TsujiOtane Watanaka
- Tomoko YamazakiKatsuko Watanaka
- Masahiko KametaniOkabe
Hiroshi AkutagawaHei
Tomoko NaraokaOchô
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