Dodes’ka-den

どですかでん (original)

7.3

/10

2h 20mDrama Action & Adventure

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. 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. The unforgettable DODES’KA-DEN was made at a tumultuous moment in Kurosawa’s life. And all of his hopes, fears, and artistic passion are on fervent display in this, his gloriously shot first color film.

Spoken language: ja

Starring Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Shinsuke Minami, Yûko Kusunoki, Junzaburō Ban, Michio Hino, Kunie Tanaka, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Hisashi Igawa, Hideko Okiyama

Watch "Dodes’ka-den" from streaming services HBO Max, Google Play, Criterion Channel and several more released in 1970. It's a drama and action & adventure movie, and has a rating of 7.3 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.