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product_id: 3626381
title: "Dodes'ka-Den"
brand: "akira kurosawa"
price: "S$49"
currency: SGD
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reviews_count: 13
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# Dodes'ka-Den

**Brand:** akira kurosawa
**Price:** S$49
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Dodes'ka-Den by akira kurosawa
- **How much does it cost?** S$49 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Description

Dodes'ka-Den

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    FAVORITE AKIRA KUROSAWA FILM
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 8, 2023*

I've always loved this movie, one of my all time favorites.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Existentialism at its best
  

*by M***T on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 23, 2011*

Wow! I wasn't expecting a movie like this from Kurosawa. Really, really different. My wife and I were watching this pretty late in the evening yet we didn't fall asleep because this movie held our interest. It is somewhat of a surrealistic movie. The squalor that these people live in can be funny and desperate. Make sure you look at the extras and the interviews from some of the cast members & Kurosawa. It helps explain alot about the film. It also shows how Kurosawa had to paint backgrounds and also shows his artistic skills with the paintbrush - very interesting. People has criticized this film about it being disjointed but I didn't feel that. Each story is a story-in-itself with a brief interconnection to the rest of the cast. The actors are great. It can be a slow movie for those who expect alot of action but just give it time - it will develop. I saw this movie a couple of days ago and I can't stop thinking about it. I really haven't experienced this before. It is a beautiful film. To me, it is like viewing a Van Gogh painting (which I have only experienced in a book, unfortunately) and thinking about its impact later. This movie has everything: comedy, tragedy, love. Real complex situations. I have seen alot of Akira's movies and I put this in my top three movies. Here's the thing, though, if you can't understand it or get bored don't give up. Come back to it another time. It might have more impact. It took me a few times to sit through 2001 Space Odyssey but once I did I loved it. I watched it at night with nobody around - no interruptions. It was amazing. You might have to do that with this one. It probably isn't wise to leave the room or talk with people because you will miss all the nuances on the characters. By the way, Dodes'Ka-Den is an onomatopoeia. A word that when pronounced makes the sound of the thing. An example may be, choo-choo for a train. Apparantly Dodes'Ka-Den is the Japanese pronunciation of the sound a trolly makes. Strangely enough, though, I asked my daughter-in-law (who is from Japan) and she couldn't figure it out what it meant. But she is young so maybe she never heard a trolley. I was walking around the room saying, "Dodes'Ka-Den, Dodes'Ka-Den" like the kid in the movie. I was moving my arms and chugging across the room. She looked at me like I was from outer-space. I checked this out from the library but now I have put it on my Amazon Wishlist. This review is for the Criterion Collection DVD.UPDATE: I finally bought this DVD when it was decreased to $14.99 and it got here a day earlier than promised from Amazon. You can't beat that price for a Criterion Collection. Can't wait to see it for the 5th time!

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    Wrong Year
  

*by M***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 16, 2017*

I love the movie.  Only thing is I loved it since early 1960s.The DVD I received and a quick check online indicates that they say this movie was released in 1970.  Bullshi!I was 10-12 years old when I first saw this movie.  That would be late 1950's or early 1960's.  I saw the movie before I moved to the USA in 1963.I don't know what's with the official release date.  But, look at Kurosawa's work.  Look at the movie -- it's color, the scenery (not that much devastation left in 1970 -- but I lived it in 1955).  The cinematography, sets, ... everything point to this movie being produced much earlier than the release date on the DVD and Wikipedia of 1970.  Perhaps in 1970 for the US release, but, lets at least note the production date in Japan.  The mid-1950s Japan is not same as 1970.  Japan in 1950s was still on rice rations.  Some, or much of the war damage has not been cleared, many adults were still psychologically damaged from the War ... hundreds/thousands of former Japanese soldiers wrere begging on the streets.The movie portrays immediate post-WWII Japan. Let's not mislead today's viewers otherwise!But, dang, this is a classic.  I have loved this movie, as I have said since, oh, 1960. ... 55+ years ago.Makoto (Mac) Fletcher

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