Dodes'ka-den

Name: Dodes'ka-den
Genre: drama
Released: 1970
Duration: 140 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura, Shinsuke Minami, Yūko Kusunoki

Dodes'ka-den (1970) — drama film. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Starring Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura, Shinsuke Minami. This page maps 9 characters and 9 relationships between them as an interactive character network. Rated 7.1/10 from 162 votes.

Interactive Features for Dodes'ka-den

Dodes'ka-den offers interactive tools beyond traditional movie databases:

Character Relationship Map — Interactive D3-powered visualization of character connections, alliances, and conflicts. Explore how 9 characters interconnect through 9 relationship links.
AI Story Visualization & Plot Analysis — AI-powered breakdown of story structure, emotional arcs, turning points, and narrative progression.

Story Analysis

An overlapping portrait of shantytown residents who use fantasy, routine, endurance, and fragile compassion to survive poverty and emotional pain.

Drama · 7.1/10 · 140 min · 1970

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.