Dodes'ka-den (1970)

This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances are, each of them—the homeless father and son envisioning their dream house; the young woman abused by her uncle; the boy who imagines himself a trolley conductor—finds reasons to carry on.

• Release Date: 1970-10-31
• Runtime: 2h 20min
• Director: Akira Kurosawa
• Writers: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni.