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Dodes'ka-den
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Dodes'ka-den

どですかでん

1970-10-31140 minJapanJapanese
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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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Academy Awards #44 (1972) · FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (nominee)

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