Actors: Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura
Director Akira Kurosawa
This is Kurosawa’s first colour film. It is also a sort of comeback film for him after a 5 year break from films. The other interesting thing about his film is that there were 3 other Japanese directors (Kinoshita, Masaki Kobayashi & Kon Ichikawa) who coproduced this movie, to ensure it was made.
Despite this being a financial failiure, it was nominated in the Best Foreign Film category of the 44th Academy Awards. The visuals are amazingly pleasing and so are the “train” drawings that adorn the walls of the house of the protagonist.
Very moving film, at some point you feel like the characters are speaking to you. Especially the tramp father & son duo who live in an old abandoned car. He builds huge bungalows in his dreams, and he narrates the experience to his little son with passion.
It is a heavy story but very nicely made. The colours you see are pleasing and some great acting…
Lovely movie, a great watch
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