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Dodes'ka-den (Japanese: どですかでん, Hepburn: Dodesukaden, onomatopoeia term equivalent to "Clickety-clack") is a 1970 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film stars Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai , Toshiyuki Tonomura, and Shinsuke Minami.
"Dodes'Ka Den" comes from the sound a trolley makes ("Clickety-Clack") and is chanted over and over at the film's opening by Roku-chan (Yoshitaka Zushi), a retarded slum-dweller who spends each day conducting an imaginary trolley.
- Akira Kurosawa
- Hiroshi Akutagawa
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...
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- Yoshitaka Zushi
- Akira Kurosawa
- Drama
The production of Dodes'ka-den stands out for several reasons. Not only was it the first time Kurosawa utilized color film, but it was also his first film with a whole new group of actors. Kurosawa also defied expectations and finished the film before schedule. The film, however, was not a success.
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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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