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Réalisateur:
Akira Kurosawa
Writers:
Shinobu Hashimoto (writer)
Akira Kurosawa (writer)
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Release Date:
9 juin 1971 (USA) suite
Genre:
Drame | Fantasy suite
Plot:
Episodes from the lives of a group of Tokyo slum-dwellers: Rokkuchan, a retarded boy who brings meaning... suite | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins suite
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Kurosawa's first film in color suite

Ensemble

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Yoshitaka Zushi ... Rokkuchan
Kin Sugai ... Okuni, Rokkuchan's Mother
Toshiyuki Tonomura ... Taro Sawagami
Shinsuke Minami ... Ryotaro Sawagami
Yûko Kusunoki ... Misao Sawagami
Junzaburo Ban ... Yukichi Shima
Kiyoko Tange ... Mrs. Shima
Michio Hino ... Mr. Ikawa
Keiji Furuyama ... Mr. Matsui
Tappei Shimokawa ... Mr. Nomoto
Kunie Tanaka ... Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Jitsuko Yoshimura ... Yoshie Kawaguchi
Hisashi Igawa ... Masuo Masuda
Hideko Okiyama ... Tatsu Masuda
Tatsuo Matsumura ... Kyota Watanaka
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Additional Details

Autre(s) titre(s):
Clickety-Clack (literal English title)
Dô desu ka den (Japan) (alternative transliteration)
Dodes'ka-den (Japan) (alternative transliteration)
Dodeskaden (France) [fr]
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Durée:
140 min
Pays:
Japan
Langue:
Japonais
Couleur:
Couleur (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 suite
Son:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Classification:
Finland:K-15 | Sweden:15 | UK:A
Emplacements De Pelliculage:
Horie-cho, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan suite
Company:
Toho Company suite

Curiosités

Anecdotes:
The artwork presented as the cover from the Criterion Collection is Akira Kurosawa's original artwork for the film. suite
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Featured in Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu (1994) suite

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Kurosawa's first film in color, 26 December 1998
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Author: EzyRyder de Los Angeles



In 1970, after a five year absence, Kurosawa made what would be his first film in color. Dodes' Ka-Den is a film that centers around many intertwining stories that go on in a small Tokyo slum.

The title comes from the sound a mentally retarded boy makes as he imagines he is operating a train. We slowly get to know more of the people in the small community, the two drunks who trade wives because they are not happy with the ones they have. The old man who is the center of the town who helps out a burglar that tries to rob him. The very poor father and son that cannot ever afford a house, so they imagine one up of their own. By the end of the film, the stories all come full circle, some turn out happy, others sad.

Since this was Kurosawa's first color film you can see that he uses it to his advantage and it shows. Maybe too much. This movie goes in many different directions and it's hard to settle down and get into it. But don't get me wrong, Dodes' Ka-Den may not be Kurosawa's best, but coming from the greatest director of all time, it's much better than 99% of today's films.

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