DODES KA-DEN (THE CRITERION COLLECTION)

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• Release Year: 1970
• Genre: Drama, Fantasy
• Plot: 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.
• Cast: Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura, Shinsuke Minami, Yûko Kusunoki, Junzaburo Ban, Kiyoko Tange, Michio Hino, Keiji Furuyama, Tappei Shimokawa, Kunie Tanaka, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Hisashi Igawa, Hideko Okiyama, Tatsuo Matsumura, Tomoko Yamazaki, Masahiko Kametani, Hiroshi Akutagawa, Noboru Mitani, Hiroyuki Kawase, Imari Tsuji, Akemi Negishi, Kazuo Kato, Michiko Araki, Shoichi Kuwayama, Tomoko Naraoka, Koji Mitsui, Jerry Fujio, Mashahiko Tanimura, Atsushi Watanabe, Kamatari Fujiwara, Sanji Kojima, Kayako Sono, Toshiko Sakurai, Reiko Niimura, Kanji Ehata, Masahiko Ichimura, Masanari Nihei, Satoshi Hasegawa, Kumiko Ono, Tatsuhiko Yanahisa, Miika Oshida, Kiyotaka Ishii, Hideaki Esumi, Akira Hitomi, Shin Ibuki, Hiroshi Kiyama, Yoshiko Maki, Matsue Ono, Keiji Sakakida, Toki Shiozawa, Toriko Takahara, Minoru Takashima, Minoko Kaizuka, Akira Kurosawa, Shûgorô Yamamoto, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto
• Director: Akira Kurosawa
• Runtime: 2:20
• Company: Toho Company, The Yonki No Kai
• Media Format: Movie