Essentially a remake of the director's own THE LOWER DEPTHS. Not a huge fan of this kind of social realism, which ultimately I find depressing, although it's undoubtedly well directed and acted throughout. Essentially a series of vignettes looking at the lives of the poorest in society; we encounter alcoholism, poverty, mental illness, violence and general urban degradation. Some moving fantasies and behaviour amid the unrelenting gloom, while at other times it's as horrific as horror gets.
Review of Dodes'ka-den
