Dodes'ka-den (1970)
どですかでん
ThumbScore
👍 82%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 73%
(RT: 73%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Yoshitaka Zushi as Roku-Chan
Kin Sugai as Okuni
Toshiyuki Tonomura as Taro Sawagami
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
Is Dodes'ka-den good?
Most people think so. 82% audience score, estimated from 163 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 73%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
