Dodes'ka-den

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.

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  Yoshitaka Zushi

  Roku-Chan
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  Kin Sugai

  Okuni
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  Shinsuke Minami

  Ryotaro Sawagami
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  Yūko Kusunoki

  Misao Sawagami
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  Junzaburō Ban

  Yukichi Shima
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  Michio Hino

  Mr. Ikawa
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  Tappei Shimokawa

  Mr. Nomoto
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  Kunie Tanaka

  Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
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  Jitsuko Yoshimura

  Yoshie Kawaguchi
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  Hideko Okiyama

  Tatsu Masuda