Do-des'ka-den (1970)
Country: JAP
Technical: Eastmancolor 140m
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Kaou Kato, Junzaburo Ban, Kiyoko Tange
Synopsis:
Inhabitants of a shanty town eke out a more or less human, more or less sane existence. They include an uncle who sexually abuses his niece, wife-swapping drunkard workmen and a young man who thinks he is the tram driver (hence the film's title).
Review:
Reminiscent of the director's The Lower Depths, this fantasia of squalid lives salvaging some purpose for living contains an array of stories, not all of which are concluded, or even explained, before the curtain falls. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language film at the Oscars and retains some effectiveness in its use of colour to scrutinize human misery. The takes are long, the atmosphere claustrophobic.
Country: JAP
Technical: Eastmancolor 140m
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Kaou Kato, Junzaburo Ban, Kiyoko Tange
Synopsis:
Inhabitants of a shanty town eke out a more or less human, more or less sane existence. They include an uncle who sexually abuses his niece, wife-swapping drunkard workmen and a young man who thinks he is the tram driver (hence the film's title).
Review:
Reminiscent of the director's The Lower Depths, this fantasia of squalid lives salvaging some purpose for living contains an array of stories, not all of which are concluded, or even explained, before the curtain falls. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language film at the Oscars and retains some effectiveness in its use of colour to scrutinize human misery. The takes are long, the atmosphere claustrophobic.
Country: JAP
Technical: Eastmancolor 140m
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Kaou Kato, Junzaburo Ban, Kiyoko Tange
Synopsis:
Inhabitants of a shanty town eke out a more or less human, more or less sane existence. They include an uncle who sexually abuses his niece, wife-swapping drunkard workmen and a young man who thinks he is the tram driver (hence the film's title).
Review:
Reminiscent of the director's The Lower Depths, this fantasia of squalid lives salvaging some purpose for living contains an array of stories, not all of which are concluded, or even explained, before the curtain falls. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language film at the Oscars and retains some effectiveness in its use of colour to scrutinize human misery. The takes are long, the atmosphere claustrophobic.