in 1970 and after a five year absence and kurosawa make what would be his first film in color . dodes ka den be a film that center around many intertwine story that go on in a small tokyo slum . the title come from the sound a mentally retarded boy make a he imagine he be operate a train . we slowly get to know more of the people in the small community and the two drunk who trade wife because they be not happy with the one they have . the old man who be the center of the town who help out a burglar that try to rob him . the very poor father and son that can not ever afford a house and so they imagine one up of their own . by the end of the film and the story all come full circle and some turn out happy and others sad . since this be kurosawa first color film you can see that he use it to his advantage and it show . maybe too much . this movie go in many different direction and it hard to settle down and get into it . but do not get me wrong and dodes ka den may not be kurosawa best and but come from the great director of all time and it much well than 99 % of today film .