1. Dodes'ka-den movie review (1970) - Roger Ebert
“Dodes'ka-den” is a film quite unlike the other Kurosawas I've seen. It takes place for the most part in an urban trash heap — sort of an extension of the ash ...
Mediocre filmmakers often continue to work long after their lack of talent has been established because the level of their ambition is low. Great filmmakers,
2. Dodes 'Ka-Den | Rotten Tomatoes
A group of impoverished misfits inhabiting a Japanese landfill have experiences that are alternately joyful and disheartening.
A group of impoverished misfits inhabiting a Japanese landfill have experiences that are alternately joyful and disheartening. Young, disabled Roku-chan (Yoshitaka Zushi) spends his days in a fantasy world where he is the captain of an imaginary train, while his mother, Okuni (Kin Sugai), remains in constant prayer, rarely venturing out of her shanty. A homeless man and his child lovingly envision every detail of the home they wish they had money to build, and a mute girl has a tragic encounter.
3. Dodes'ka-Den (1970) - Obsessive Completist
Feb 2, 2016 · The movie was a new start for Kurosawa: color, low budget, anthology format and mostly unknown actors (a big exception being Kamatari Fujiwara ...
Dodes’ka-Den (1970) is a strange film. It’s strange for Akira Kurosawa, but it would also be an odd, eccentric film from anyone. It’s an ensemble-anthology-comedy set in a trash dump. It was a huge…
4. Dodes'ka-den – 1970 Kurosawa - The Cinema Archives
Aug 20, 2020 · Like Kurosawa's The Lower Depths (1957) this is a film about the slums, a village and community of people at the very bottom. Touched on again ...
First film in five years off for Kurosawa (Red Beard)- his first in a long time without Mifune (I believe 1952’s Ikiru), first film in color, first film in a long time (since 1957) with the boxier 1.37 : 1 aspect ratio (no longer the wide Tohoschope here). After the film he’d attempt suicide
5. Movie Review: “Dodesukaden” (1970) – written and directed by ...
Mar 15, 2018 · This movie follows the lives of several inhabitants of a landfill outside of an anonymous Japanese city. Due to the heaps of scrap (metal, earth ...
From a story by Shugoro Yamamoto. Dodes ‘Ka-Den (Dodesukaden) is the sound the trolley makes as it travels over the tracks. This movie follows the lives of several inhabitants of a landfill…
6. Dodes'ka-den (1970) - Directed by Akira Kurosawa - Films Worth Watching
Aug 16, 2011 · At the end of 1965, it was in fact Japan's highest grossing film, but for many reasons, Kurosawa would not finish another film for 5 years and ...
Kurosawa made Red Beard in 1965, which was a massive critical and financial success. At the end of 1965, it was in fact Japan's highest g...
7. Madness and Goodness in Akira Kurosawa's 'Dodeskaden'
Oct 19, 2010 · This was filmmaking for Akira Kurosawa. Beginning from the time when he lived with his brother Heigo, a benshi, or narrator for silent films in ...
Dodeskaden was the sort of independent production that Akira Kurosawa favored. He had the freedom to film the way he wanted and control of the final cut.
8. The Films of Akira Kurosawa - criterionforum.org
Dec 3, 2005 · It's been a long time since I've seen Dodes'kaden, but it was my favorite Kurosawa for a long time. I feel Dreams to be quite uneven, some ...
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9. Dodes'ka-den (1970) [Dodesukaden] - Akira Kurosawa - film review
The subject matter may be grim (desperately so in some scenes) but Kurosawa tackles it with an uncharacteristic lightness of touch that compels us to sympathise ...
An in-depth review of the film Dodes'ka-den (1970), directed by Akira Kurosawa.
10. Dodes'ka-den (1970) directed by Akira Kurosawa • Reviews, film + cast
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, ...
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.
11. Review: Dodes'ka-den - Slant Magazine
Mar 17, 2009 · Kurosawa's Oscar-nominated movie hasn't endured as a major critical or popular touchstone within his body of work. (When people spoke of the ...
The film’s short cuts rarely stray into the realm of parable.
12. Dodes'ka-den (Akira Kurosawa, 1970) – James Kendrick, Ph.D.
Mar 30, 2009 · Tragically known as the failure that caused the great Kurosawa to attempt suicide, this oddball absurdist comedy-drama about Tokyo ...
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13. Film Club: Dodesukaden (1970) - Akira Kurosawa info
May 1, 2014 · After a couple of months with films not directed by Kurosawa, our film club now returns to some more regular programming with Kurosawa's ...
After a couple of months with films not directed by Kurosawa, our film club now returns to some more regular programming with Kurosawa’s 1970 feature Dodesukaden. Like Sanjuro and Red Beard before it, Dodesukaden is based on a literary work by Shugoro Yamamoto. This time the source is the short story collection A Town Without […]
14. Kurosawa, In Order #24 – Dodes'ka-den
It's around these characters that Kurosawa spins the vignettes of the film. Most, but not all, being an examination of the comforts and dangers of fantasy as an ...
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15. Why Akira Kurosawa Waited So Long To Start Making Films In Color
Jul 26, 2022 · "Dodes'ka-den" (1970) was Akira Kurosawa's 24th film as a director was unique in the master's filmography for many reasons. "Dodes'ka-den ...
For most of his career, director Akira Kurosawa preferred to work in black and white.
16. Dodes'ka-den Review - Criterion Forum
Feb 22, 2009 · 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 ...
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.
17. 32 Facts about the movie Dodes'ka-den
Jul 30, 2024 · Dodes'ka-den is not your typical movie. Directed by legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa and released in 1970, this film stands out ...
18. Tag Archives: dodes'ka-den - Tarnmoor
May 25, 2020 · Although it opened to worldwide critical praise, the film bombed in Japan, leaving its director so despondent that he attempted to commit ...
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19. REVIEW: Dodes'ka-den - Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow
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どですかでん (Dodesukaden) Released: 1970 Director: Akira Kurosawa Starring: Yoshitaka Zushi Kin Sugai Toshiyuki Tonomura Shinsuke Minami Yûko Kus...
20. Dodes'ka-den (Film) - TV Tropes
Dodes'ka-den is a 1970 film from Japan, directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is a grim portrait of grinding poverty. The film spends a few days sketching out the ...
Dodes'ka-den is a 1970 film from Japan, directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is a grim portrait of grinding poverty. The film spends a few days sketching out the life stories of the desperate residents living in a garbage dump. Among the plotlines …
