Dodes'ka-den

1970, drama

140 minutes

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...

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Cast

Yoshitaka Zushi

Yoshitaka Zushi

Roku-Chan

Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai

Okuni

Toshiyuki Tonomura

Taro Sawagami

Shinsuke Minami

Shinsuke Minami

Ryotaro Sawagami

Yūko Kusunoki

Yūko Kusunoki

Misao Sawagami

Junzaburō Ban

Junzaburō Ban

Yukichi Shima

Kiyoko Tange

Kiyoko Tange

Mrs. Shima

Michio Hino

Michio Hino

Mr. Ikawa

Keiji Furuyama

Mr. Matsui

Tappei Shimokawa

Mr. Nomoto

Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka

Hatsutaro Kawaguchi

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Yoshie Kawaguchi

Hisashi Igawa

Hisashi Igawa

Masuo Masuda

Hideko Okiyama

Hideko Okiyama

Tatsu Masuda

Tatsuo Matsumura

Tatsuo Matsumura

Kyota Watanaka

Imari Tsuji

Otane Watanaka

Tomoko Yamazaki

Katsuko Watanaka

Noboru Mitani

Noboru Mitani

Beggar

Hiroyuki Kawase

Hiroyuki Kawase

Beggar's Son

Akemi Negishi

Akemi Negishi

Good-Looking Housewife

Eimei Esumi

Eimei Esumi

Detective

Minoru Takashima

Policeman

Kazuo Katô

Kazuo Katô

Painter

Michiko Araki

Michiko Araki

Restaurant proprietress

Toki Shiozawa

Toki Shiozawa

Waitress

Masakazu Kuwayama

Masakazu Kuwayama

Western-style restaurant owner

Hiroshi Kiyama

Sushi Shop Proprietor

Kōji Mitsui

Kōji Mitsui

Foodstand owner

Jerry Fujio

Jerry Fujio

Kichi the Carpenter Bee

Atsushi Watanabe

Atsushi Watanabe

Mr. Tanba

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Suicidal Old Man

Sanji Kojima

Thief

Kayako Sono

Kayako Sono

Kichi's Wife

Yoshiko Maki

2nd Wife

Toshiko Sakurai

3rd Wife

Toriko Takahara

5th Wife

Matsue Ono

4th Wife

Reiko Niimura

1st Wife

Akira Hitomi

1st Man Calling Out

Shôji Ichimura

3rd Man Calling Out

Shin Ibuki

5th Man Calling Out

Masaya Nihei

Masaya Nihei

4th Man Calling Out

Takashi Ebata

Takashi Ebata

2nd Man Calling Out

Minoko Kaizuka

Kumanbachi's second child (uncredited)

Crew

Camera

Crew

Akio Nojima

Property master

Directing

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

Director

Editing

Reiko Kaneko

Editor

Production

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

Executive producer

Masaki Kobayashi

Masaki Kobayashi

Executive producer

Kon Ichikawa

Kon Ichikawa

Executive producer

Keisuke Kinoshita

Keisuke Kinoshita

Executive producer

Yôichi Matsue

Producer

Sound

Hiromitsu Mori

Sound recordist

Fumio Yanoguchi

Sound recordist

Writing

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