Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Dodes'ka-den (1970)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Yoshitaka Zushi
Roku-Chan
Kin Sugai
Okuni
Toshiyuki Tonomura
Taro Sawagami
Shinsuke Minami
Ryotaro Sawagami
Yūko Kusunoki
Misao Sawagami
Junzaburō Ban
Yukichi Shima
Kiyoko Tange
Mrs. Shima
Michio Hino
Mr. Ikawa
Keiji Furuyama
Mr. Matsui
Tappei Shimokawa
Mr. Nomoto
Kunie Tanaka
Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Yoshie Kawaguchi
Hisashi Igawa
Masuo Masuda
Hideko Okiyama
Tatsu Masuda
Tatsuo Matsumura
Kyota Watanaka
Imari Tsuji
Otane Watanaka
Tomoko Yamazaki
Katsuko Watanaka
Masahiko Kametani
Okabe
Hiroshi Akutagawa
Hei
Yasumichi Fukuzawa
Cinematographer
Tomoko Naraoka
Ochô
Noboru Mitani
Beggar
Hiroyuki Kawase
Beggar's Son
Akemi Negishi
Good-Looking Housewife
Eimei Esumi
Detective
Minoru Takashima
Policeman
Kazuo Kato
Painter
Michiko Araki
Restaurant proprietress
Toki Shiozawa
Waitress
Masakazu Kuwayama
Western-style restaurant owner
Hiroshi Kiyama
Sushi Shop Proprietor
Kōji Mitsui
Foodstand owner
Jerry Fujio
Kichi the Carpenter Bee
Masahiko Tanimura
Mr. Sô
Atsushi Watanabe
Mr. Tanba
Kamatari Fujiwara
Suicidal Old Man
Sanji Kojima
Thief
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
Shōji Ichimura
3rd Man Calling Out
Shin Ibuki
5th Man Calling Out
Masaya Nihei
4th Man Calling Out
Takashi Ebata
2nd Man Calling Out
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Dodes'ka-den (Japanese: どですかでん, Hepburn: Dodesukaden, onomatopoeia term equivalent to "Clickety-clack") is a 1970 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film stars Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura, and Shinsuke Minami. It is based on Shūgorō Yamamoto's 1962 novel A City Without Seasons and is about a group of homeless people living in poverty on the outskirts of Tokyo.
Dodes'ka-den was Kurosawa's first film in five years, his first without actor Toshiro Mifune since Ikiru in 1952, and his first without composer Masaru Sato since Seven Samurai in 1954. Filming began on April 23, 1970, and ended 28 days later. This was Kurosawa's first-ever color film and had a budget of only ¥100 million. In order to finance the film, Kurosawa mortgaged his house, but it failed at the box office, grossing less than its budget, leaving him with large debts and, at sixty-one years old, dim employment prospects. Kurosawa's disappointment culminated one year later on December 22, 1971, when he attempted suicide by slashing his wrists and neck with a razor.