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| Dodes'ka-den | |
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| Directed by | Akira Kurosawa |
| Screenplay by | Akira Kurosawa Hideo Oguni Shinobu Hashimoto |
| Based on | A City Without Seasons 1962 novel by Shūgorō Yamamoto |
| Produced by | Akira Kurosawa Yoichi Matsue Keisuke Kinoshita Kon Ichikawa Masaki Kobayashi |
| Starring | Yoshitaka Zushi Kin Sugai Toshiyuki Tonomura Shinsuke Minami |
| Cinematography | Takao Saito Yasumichi Fukuzawa |
| Edited by | Reiko Kaneko |
| Music by | Tōru Takemitsu |
Production companies | Toho Yonki no Kai Productions |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | ¥100 million[1] |
Dodes'ka-den (Japanese: どですかでん, Hepburn: Dodesukaden, onomatopoeia term equivalent to "Clickety-clack") is a 1970 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film stars Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura, and Shinsuke Minami. It is based on Shūgorō Yamamoto's 1962 novel A City Without Seasons and is about a group of homeless people living in poverty on the outskirts of Tokyo.
Dodes'ka-den was Kurosawa's first film in five years, his first without actor Toshiro Mifune since Red Beard in 1962, and his first without composer Masaru Sato since Seven Samurai in 1954.[2] Filming began on April 23, 1970, and ended 28 days later.[3] This was Kurosawa's first-ever color film and had a budget of only ¥100 million.[1] In order to finance the film, Kurosawa mortgaged his house, but it failed at the box office, grossing less than its budget,[4] leaving him with large debts and, at sixty-one years old, dim employment prospects. Kurosawa's disappointment culminated one year later on December 22, 1971, when he attempted suicide.[5]
- ^ a b Ishizaka 1988, p. 53.
- ^ Prince, Stephen (2009-03-10). "Dodes'ka-den: True Colors". Criterion Collection. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- ^ Tsuzuki 2010, p. 371.
- ^ Barrett 2018, p. 64.
- ^ Ryfle & Godziszewski 2017, p. 262.