Dodes 'Ka-Den

Roku-chan (Yoshitaka Zushi) in the middle of his Tokyo slum pantomime, imagining himself a conductor, the film's title being Japanese slang for the sound of a streetcar, early in Akira Kurosawa's Dodes 'Ka-Den, 1970.

Opening scene, Roku-chan (Yoshitaka Zushi), who dreams of being a conductor, with his mother (Kin Sugai), their Tokyo slum dwelling decorated with streetcar drawings director Akira Kurosawa solicited from Japanese kids, in Dodes 'Ka-Den, 1970.

The old man (Kamatari Fujiwara) ventures out into the slum, gets heckled, as the beggar (Noboru Mitsutahi) offers his first philosophical commentary for his son (Hiroyuki Kawase), director Akira Kurosawa shooting on location in a Tokyo dump, in Dodes 'Ka-Den, 1970.