Japan Synopsis
どですかでん
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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Dodes'ka-den. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 1969–1971 Japan Window
Dodes'ka-den holds position #17 of 64 Japan films in the 1969–1971 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Japan, 197 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Dodes'ka-den premiered alongside 17 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 17 other Japan films in 1970.
The 343rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
116 audience reviews — more than 78% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 65th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Dodes'ka-den, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- multiple storylines · 5
- despair · 2
- garbage dump dwellers · 1
- poverty · 24
- slum · 8
- based on novel or book · 288
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,750 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (62nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #755 of 1,933 (top 39%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Yonki-no-Kai Productions, TOHO |
| Runtime | 2h 20m |
| Release Date | October 1, 1970 |
| IMDb | tt0065649 |