Dodes’ka-den
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.
Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create, a 36-minute documentary created as part of the Toho Masterworks series, about the making of Dodes’ka-den, including interviews with director Akira Kurosawa, script supervisor Teruyo Nogami, actor Yoshitaka Zushi, and other members of the cast and crew
- Theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A new essay by film historian Stephen Prince and a new interview with Nogami
Cover painting by Akira Kurosawa
Collector's Sets
Collector's Set
Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create, a 36-minute documentary created as part of the Toho Masterworks series, about the making of Dodes’ka-den, including interviews with director Akira Kurosawa, script supervisor Teruyo Nogami, actor Yoshitaka Zushi, and other members of the cast and crew
- Theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A new essay by film historian Stephen Prince and a new interview with Nogami
Cover painting by Akira Kurosawa
Cast
- Yoshitaka Zushi
- Rokkuchan
- Kin Sugai
- Rokkuchan's mother
- Junzaburo Ban
- Shima
- Kiyoko Tange
- Shima’s wife
- Hisashi Igawa
- Masuda
- Hideko Okiyama
- Tatsu, Masuda’s wife
- Kunie Tanaka
- Kawaguchi
- Jitsuko Yoshimura
- Yoshiko, Kawaguchi’s wife
- Shinsuke Minami
- Ryo Sawagami
- Yoko Kusunoki
- Sawagami’s wife
- Noboru Mitani
- Beggar
- Hiroyuki Kawase
- Beggar’s son
- Hiroshi Akutagawa
- Hei
Credits
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Producer
- Yoichi Matsue
- Music
- Toru Takemitsu
- Cinematography
- Takao Saito
- Editing
- Reiko Kaneko
- Sound
- Fumio Yanoguchi
- Sound
- Hiromitsu Mori
- Script supervisor
- Teruyo Nogami
- Executive producers
- Kon Ichikawa
- Executive producers
- Keisuke Kinoshita
- Executive producers
- Masaki Kobayashi
- Executive producers
- Akira Kurosawa
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