Dodesuka-den
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2009].
Format
DVD
ISBN
160465127X, 9781604651270
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Status
North County Branch - Adult Media - World Languages
DODES'KA-DEN
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2009].
Language
jpn
ISBN
160465127X, 9781604651270
UPC
715515042918
Notes
General Note
Gensaku [Based on the novel by] Yamamoto Shūgorō.
General Note
Originally produced as a Japanese motion picture in 1970.
General Note
Special features: Akira Kurosawa: it is wonderful to create [featurette] (36 min.); Trailer (4 min.); booklet includes the essay "True Colors" by Stephen Prince and the interview "A Conversation with Teruyo Nogami," translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Takao Saitō, Yasumichi Fukuzawa ; art direction by Yōshirō Muraki, Shinobu Muraki ; music by Tōru Takemitsu.
Participants/Performers
Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura, Shinsuke Minami, Yūko Kusunoki, Junzaburo Ban, Kiyoko Tange, Michio Hino, Keiji Furuyama, Tappei Shimokawa, Kunie Tanaka, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Hisashi Igawa, Hideko Okiyama, Tatsuo Matsumura, Imari Tsuji, Tomoko Yamazaki, Masahiko Kametani, Hiroshi Akutagawa, Tomoko Naraoka, Noboru Mitani, Hiroyuki Kawase, Akemi Negishi, Eimei Esumi, Minoru Takashima, Kazuo Kato.
Description
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 are a young woman living with her lecherous uncle; a pair of friends who get drunk and swap wives; a possibly mentally ill beggar and his son who live in a deserted car; and a man with five children who knows he is not the father of any, but treats them as if they were his own. Although they may dream of better times, these people are trapped--both physically and psychologically--doomed to live a life of disappointment (or worse), but many find ways to carry on.
Target Audience
MPAA Rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.; full screen presentation, aspect ratio 1.33:1; new restored high-definition digital transfer; new and improved English subtitle translation.
Language
In Japanese with optional subtitles in English.
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Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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North County Branch - Adult Media - World Languages | DODES'KA-DEN | Available |
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bernards Township Library - Adult Media - Video | DVD FOREIGN DOD | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Boys -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.
Fantasy films.
Fathers and sons -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Foreign films.
Poor -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.
Slums -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.
Tokyo (Japan) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama.
Women -- Abuse of -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.
Fantasy films.
Fathers and sons -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Foreign films.
Poor -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.
Slums -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.
Tokyo (Japan) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama.
Women -- Abuse of -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.
Other Subjects
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kurosawa, A., Matsue, Y., Oguni, H., Hashimoto, S., Kinoshita, K., Ichikawa, K., Kobayashi, M., Zushi, Y., Sugai, K., Tonomura, T., Minami, S., Kusunoki, Y., Prince, S., & Yamamoto, S. (2009). Dodesuka-den . Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Akira Kurosawa et al.. 2009. Dodesuka-den. Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Akira Kurosawa et al.. Dodesuka-den Criterion Collection, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kurosawa, Akira, et al. Dodesuka-den Criterion Collection, 2009.
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