Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Overview : 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 : October 31, 1970
Runtime : 140m
Genre : Drama
Companies : Yonki-no-Kai Productions, TOHO
Countries : Japan
Keywords : based on novel or book, slum, despair, poverty, multiple storylines, garbage dump dwellers