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On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “drives” an imaginary trolley, a homeless father and son designing a dream house, a young woman brutalized at home, drunks, schemers, and saints of small kindnesses. Kurosawa crafts a ragged mosaic of hardship, fantasy, and flickers of grace that keep people moving forward.
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Yonki-no-Kai Productions, TOHO
Original Title
どですかでん
Original Language
Japanese
Cast
Full credits →Y
Yoshitaka Zushi
Roku-Chan
K
Kin Sugai
Okuni
S
Shinsuke Minami
Ryotaro Sawagami
Y
Yūko Kusunoki
Misao Sawagami
J
Junzaburō Ban
Yukichi Shima
K
Kiyoko Tange
Mrs. Shima
M
Michio Hino
Mr. Ikawa
K
Keiji Furuyama
Mr. Matsui
T
Tappei Shimokawa
Mr. Nomoto
K
Kunie Tanaka
Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
J
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Yoshie Kawaguchi
H
Hisashi Igawa
Masuo Masuda
H
Hideko Okiyama
Tatsu Masuda
T
Tatsuo Matsumura
Kyota Watanaka
I
Imari Tsuji
Otane Watanaka
H
Hiroshi Akutagawa
Hei
T
Tomoko Naraoka
Ochô
N
Noboru Mitani
Beggar
H
Hiroyuki Kawase
Beggar's Son
A
Akemi Negishi
Good-Looking Housewife
