Charleston County Public Library

Dodesuka-den, Yonki no Kai and Toho

jpn

videorecording

Dodesuka-denどですかでん

DVD[videorecording] /

294967545

Yonki no Kai and Toho四騎の会, 東宝 株式会社作品 ; 企画, 四騎の会, 黑澤明, 木下惠介, 市川崑, 小 林正樹 ; 黑澤明, 松江陽一 ; 黑澤明, 小 国英雄, 橋本忍 ; 監督, 黑澤明

140

The Criterion Collection, 465

This film follows the lives of the people who live in a slum, built in a garbage dump. A mentally disabled boy is obsessed with streetcars, driving an imaginary streetcar around, chanting "Dodes'ka-den! Dodes'ka-den!"--Mimicking the sound of the wheels. Some of the neighbors are a young woman living with her lecherous uncle; a pair of friends who get drunk and swap wives; a possibly mentally ill beggar and his son who live in a deserted car; and a man with five children who knows he is not the father of any, but treats them as if they were his own. Although they may dream of better times, these people are trapped--both physically and psychologically--doomed to live a life of disappointment (or worse), but many find ways to carry on

general

live action

Dodes'ka-den