Dodes'ka-den

Tokyo shantytown squats on a dump’s fringe. A kid steers a cardboard trolley past cardboard homes while a dad sketches his son a palace from scrap. Fists fly inside thin walls. Kurosawa lets scraps breathe tragedy and tenderness until forward looks almost possible.

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Akira Kurosawa directed Dodes'ka-den in 1970. See Akira Kurosawa's full filmography, where to start with Akira Kurosawa, or where to go after you've seen everything by Akira Kurosawa.

Dodes'ka-den was released in 1970 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 140 minutes.