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Dodes'ka-den
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Title: Dodes'ka-den

Release Date: 31 Oct 1970

Runtime: 2h 20m

Genre: Drama

Director: Yonki-no-Kai Productions, TOHO

Production Companies: Yonki-no-Kai Productions, TOHO

Overview: This 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.

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Average Vote: 7 (135 votes)

Cast

  • Roku-Chan: Yoshitaka Zushi
  • Okuni: Kin Sugai
  • Taro Sawagami: Toshiyuki Tonomura
  • Ryotaro Sawagami: Shinsuke Minami
  • Misao Sawagami: Yūko Kusunoki
  • Yukichi Shima: Junzaburō Ban
  • Mrs. Shima: Kiyoko Tange
  • Mr. Ikawa: Michio Hino
  • Mr. Matsui: Keiji Furuyama
  • Mr. Nomoto: Tappei Shimokawa
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