Dodes'ka-Den (1970)
- Starring:
- Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, (more)
- Director(s):
- Akira Kurosawa
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Dodes'ka-Den
Dodes'ka-Den (aka Dodesukaden) was Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's first project since Red Beard (1965), and his first ever in color. Kurosawa focuses this time on Tokyo slum life. We watch as a variety of unfortunates debase themselves to survive, yet, somehow, emerge with more innate dignity than the so-called "better" people. While it seems inconceivable that Dodes'ka-Den would fail at the box office, fail it did upon its original release. The Japanese distributors hastily pared down the film's 244 minutes to 140 (unfortunately destroying the original negative in the process), but this version also came a cropper. It was the negative reaction to Dodes'ka-Den, which allegedly prompted Kurosawa to attempt suicide. Happily, he survived to reclaim his industry stature with 1976's Dersu Uzala. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 140 mins
Complete Cast of Dodes'ka-Den
- Yoshitaka Zushi - Rokkuchan
- Toshiyuki Tonomura - Taro Sawagami
- Koji Mitsui - Bartender
- Shoichi Kuwayama - Cook
- Kamatari Fujiwara - Old Man
- Tomoko Yamazaki - Kyota's Step Daughter
- Kunie Tanaka - Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
- Akemi Negishi - Girl
- Hiroshi Akutagawa - Hei
- Tatsuo Matsumara - Kyota Watanaka
- Kazuo Kato - Painter
- Kin Sugai - Rokkuchan's Mother
- Hisashi Igawa - Masuo Masuda
- Junzaburo Ban - Yukichi Shima
- Noboru Mitani - Beggar
- Jitsuko Yoshimura - Yoshie Kawaguchi
- Hiroyuki Kawase - Beggar's Son
- Atsushi Watanabe - Tamba
- Kiyoko Tange - Mrs. Shima
- Yuko Kusunoki - Misao Sawagami
- Hideko Okiyama - Masuda's Wife
- Director(s):
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writer(s):
- Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto
- Producer(s):
- Masaki Kobayashi, Kon Ichikawa, Akira Kurosawa
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