Dodes'ka-den /

どですかでん

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 ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Janus Films, Tōhō Eiga, Kabushiki Kaisha, Yonki-no-Kai, Inc, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, Matsue, Yōichi, Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996, Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018, Kinoshita, Keisuke, 1912-1998, Ichikawa, Kon, 1915-2008, Kobayashi, Masaki, 1916-1996, Zushi, Yoshitaka, Sugai, Kin, 1926-, Tonomura, Toshiyuki, Minami, Shinsuke, 1930-1982, Kusunoki, Yūko, 1933-, Yamamoto, Shūgorō, 1903-1967, Prince, Stephen, 1955-2020
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Japanese
Language Notes:	In Japanese with optional subtitles in English.
Published:	[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
Series:	Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 465.
Subjects:	Slums > Japan > Tokyo > Drama. Poor > Japan > Tokyo > Drama. Tokyo (Japan) > Social conditions > 20th century > Drama. Fathers and sons > Japan > Tokyo > Drama. Women > Abuse of > Japan > Tokyo > Drama. Boys > Japan > Tokyo > Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Foreign films. Motion pictures, Japanese. Fantasy films.

Table of Contents:

Opening credits
Rokuchan
Trolley run to Tanba's
Red, yellow, and Shima
Sawagamis
Katsuko and her uncle
Building a dream house
Tale of Hei
Swapping mates
Beggar's banquet
"The money is over here"
"Dodes'ka-den"
Ocho's return
Rainy-day visions
"Eating for two"
Tricks of the trade
Angels and demons
Ryo's children
Katsuko's aunt returns
Defending Mrs. Shima
Ocho's plea
Pride
Aches and pains
"No longer a tree"
Kyota confronted
Drunk as usual
"The worst is over"
Swimming pool
All in a day's work
Color bars.