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Dodesʼka-den
Title:
Dodesʼka-den
JLCTITLE245:
Janus Films ; Toho Company Ltd. ; co-produced by Yonki No Kai and Toho Co., Ltd. ; concept by Club of the Four Knights: Akira Kurosawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, Kon Ichikawa, Masaki Kobayashi ; executive producers, Akira Kurosawa and Yoichi Matsue ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, and Shinobu Hashimoto ; cinematography by Takao Saito, Yasumichi Fukuzawa ; directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Publication Information:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2009.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (144 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781604652260
General Note:
Based on the novel by Shugoro Yamamoto.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1970.

Issued as part of the box set AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa with book included (96 p. : ill. ; 19 x 31 cm.).
Abstract:
This film follows the lives of the people who live in a slum, built in a garbage dump. A mentally disabled boy is obsessed with streetcars, driving an imaginary streetcar around, chanting "Dodes'ka-den! Dodes'ka-den!"--mimicking the sound of the wheels. Some of the neighbors are a young woman living with her lecherous uncle; a pair of friends who get drunk and swap wives; a possibly mentally ill beggar and his son who live in a deserted car; and a man with five children who knows he is not the father of any, but treats them as if they were his own. Although they may dream of better times, these people are trapped--both physically and psychologically--doomed to live a life of disappointment (or worse), but many find ways to carry on.
Added Corporate Author:
Added Title:
AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa.
Variant Title:
Also known as: Dodesukaden
Credits:
Art direction by Yoshiro Muraki, Shinobu Muraki ; music by Toru Takemitsu ; editor, Reiko Kaneko.
Performer:
Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura, Shinsuke Minami, Yuko Kusunoki, Junzaburo Ban, Kiyoko Tange, Michio Hino, Keiji Furuyama, Tappei Shimokawa, Kunie Tanaka, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Hisashi Igawa, Hideko Okiyama, Tatsuo Matsumura, Imari Tsuji, Tomoko Yamazaki, Masahiko Kametani, Hiroshi Akutagawa, Tomoko Naraoka, Noboru Mitani, Hiroyuki Kawase, Akemi Negishi, Eimei Esumi, Minoru Takashima, Kazuo Kato.
Technical Details:
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; mono.
Language:
In Japanese with optional subtitles in English.
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