Dokkoi! Songs from the Bottom

Overview

After the waning of the protests in Sanrizuka, Ogawa Pro started questioning the future of the collective and looking for other subjects to film. Following the method developed in the previous films, the filmmakers moved to the slum of Kotobuchi in the port city of Yokohama, where more than 6000 people were struggling to get by without any means of survival, exposed to industrial accidents and diseases. The result is one of the most moving films produced by the collective, a series of beautifully filmed portraits, voicing the silenced stories and songs of a group of people living in this community. Credit: ICA London

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 24, 1975

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Ogawa Productions

Director

Shinsuke Ogawa

Producer

Katsuhiko Fukuda,Setsuko Asahi,Iizuka Toshio,Yoko Shiraishi,Hiroo Fuseya

Cinematography

Yûji Okumura

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt10226016