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 by her uncle; the boy who imagines himself a trolley conductor—finds reasons to carry on.
Credits
Dodes'ka-den Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Koji Mitsui
was 2, 5 years old when died
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as Foodstand owner |
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Hisashi Igawa
He was 33, now 88 years old
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as Masuo Masuda |
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Kamatari Fujiwara
He was 65, 80 years old when he died
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as Suicidal Old Man |
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Masakazu Kuwayama
He was 48, 61 years old when he died
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as Western-style restaurant owner |
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Tomoko Naraoka
She was 40, now 95 years old
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as Ochô |
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Junzaburo Ban
He was 60, 71 years old when he died
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as Yukichi Shima |
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Kunie Tanaka
He was 37, now 92 years old
|
as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi |
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Yûko Kusunoki
She was 37, now 91 years old
|
as Misao Sawagami |
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Toshiyuki Tonomura
|
as Taro Sawagami |
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Kiyoko Tange
She was 50, 78 years old when she died
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as Mrs. Shima |
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Keiji Furuyama
|
as Mr. Matsui |
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Hideko Okiyama
She was 24, 65 years old when she died
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as Tatsu Masuda |
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Atsushi Watanabe
He was 72, 78 years old when he died
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as Mr. Tanba |
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Akemi Negishi
She was 36, 73 years old when she died
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as Good-Looking Housewife |
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Tappei Shimokawa
He was 41, 75 years old when he died
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as Mr. Nomoto |
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Hiroshi Kiyama
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as Sushi Shop Proprietor |
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Jitsuko Yoshimura
She was 27, now 81 years old
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as Yoshie Kawaguchi |
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Takashi Ebata
He was 41, now 96 years old
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as 2nd Man Calling Out |
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Masahiko Tanimura
He was 43, 73 years old when he died
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as Mr. Sô |
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Tatsuo Matsumura
He was 55, 90 years old when he died
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as Kyota Watanaka |
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Hiroyuki Kawase
He was 40, now 94 years old
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as Beggar's Son |
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Kin Sugai
She was 44, 92 years old when she died
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as Okuni |
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Eimei Esumi
He was 34, 68 years old when he died
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as Detective |
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Michio Hino
|
as Mr. Ikawa |
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Shinsuke Minami
He was 40, 52 years old when he died
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as Ryotaro Sawagami |
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Tomoko Yamazaki
She was 38, 86 years old when she died
|
as Katsuko Watanaka |
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Jerry Fujio
|
as Kichi the Carpenter Bee |
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Imari Tsuji
She was 49, now 103 years old
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as Otane Watanaka |
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Michiko Araki
She was 53, 72 years old when she died
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as Restaurant proprietress |
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Yoshitaka Zushi
He was 15, now 69 years old
|
as Roku-Chan |
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Kazuo Katô
|
as Painter |
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Hiroshi Akutagawa
He was 50, 61 years old when he died
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as Hei |
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Minoru Takashima
|
as Policeman |
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Noboru Mitani
He was 38, now 92 years old
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as Beggar |
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Reiko Niimura
She was 42, 83 years old when she died
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as 1st Wife |
Dodes'ka-den Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Hideo Oguni as Screenplay. He was 66 (91) years old when He died
|
Writing |
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Shūgorō Yamamoto as Novel. He was 67 (63) years old when He died
|
Writing |
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Toru Takemitsu as Music. He was 39 (65) years old when He died
|
Sound |
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Shinobu Hashimoto as Screenplay. He was 52 (100) years old when He died
|
Writing |
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Yôichi Matsue as Producer. |
Production |
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Takao Saito as Director of Photography. He was 33 (78) years old when He died
|
Camera |
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Kon Ichikawa as Executive Producer. He was 54 (92) years old when He died
|
Production |
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Keisuke Kinoshita as Executive Producer. He was 57 (86) years old when He died
|
Production |
