Dodes'ka-den

October. 31,1970      
Rating:
7.3
Trailer Synopsis 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, 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.

Yoshitaka Zushi as  Roku-Chan
Kin Sugai as  Okuni
Shinsuke Minami as  Ryotaro Sawagami
Yūko Kusunoki as  Misao Sawagami
Junzaburō Ban as  Yukichi Shima
Kiyoko Tange as  Mrs. Shima
Michio Hino as  Mr. Ikawa
Kunie Tanaka as  Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Jitsuko Yoshimura as  Yoshie Kawaguchi
Hisashi Igawa as  Masuo Masuda

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