Dodes'ka-den
E424025
Dodes'ka-den is a 1970 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, notable as his first color feature and a surreal, episodic portrait of life in a shantytown.
All labels observed (1)
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| Dodes'ka-den canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4245884 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dodes'ka-den Context triple: [Akira Kurosawa, notableWork, Dodes'ka-den]
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Ouvrage Kobenbusch
Ouvrage Kobenbusch is a Maginot Line fortification in northeastern France that formed part of the defensive system protecting the Thionville sector before and during World War II.
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B.
Kigensetsu
Kigensetsu was a pre-World War II Japanese national holiday that celebrated the mythical founding of Japan and the divine origins of the emperor.
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Hieda no Are
Hieda no Are was a Japanese court reciter traditionally credited with memorizing the oral histories that formed the basis of the early 8th-century chronicle Kojiki.
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The Gamin
The Gamin is the spirited, impoverished young woman played by Paulette Goddard who becomes Charlie Chaplin’s companion and symbol of resilience in his 1936 film "Modern Times."
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Zakumi
Zakumi is the leopard-themed mascot character created to represent South Africa and embody the spirit of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dodes'ka-den Target entity description: Dodes'ka-den is a 1970 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, notable as his first color feature and a surreal, episodic portrait of life in a shantytown.
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A.
Ouvrage Kobenbusch
Ouvrage Kobenbusch is a Maginot Line fortification in northeastern France that formed part of the defensive system protecting the Thionville sector before and during World War II.
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B.
Kigensetsu
Kigensetsu was a pre-World War II Japanese national holiday that celebrated the mythical founding of Japan and the divine origins of the emperor.
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C.
Hieda no Are
Hieda no Are was a Japanese court reciter traditionally credited with memorizing the oral histories that formed the basis of the early 8th-century chronicle Kojiki.
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D.
The Gamin
The Gamin is the spirited, impoverished young woman played by Paulette Goddard who becomes Charlie Chaplin’s companion and symbol of resilience in his 1936 film "Modern Times."
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E.
Zakumi
Zakumi is the leopard-themed mascot character created to represent South Africa and embody the spirit of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese film
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drama film ⓘ feature film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Yasushi Inoue's stories ⓘ |
| boxOfficePerformance | commercial failure at initial release ⓘ |
| castMember |
Atsushi Watanabe
NERFINISHED
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Hideko Okiyama NERFINISHED ⓘ Hideko Takamine NERFINISHED ⓘ Hideo Kanze NERFINISHED ⓘ Hisashi Igawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Jitsuko Yoshimura NERFINISHED ⓘ Junzaburo Ban NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamatari Fujiwara NERFINISHED ⓘ Kei Sato NERFINISHED ⓘ Kin Sugai NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiyoko Tange NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiyoshi Atsumi NERFINISHED ⓘ Kunie Tanaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Noboru Mitani NERFINISHED ⓘ Shinsuke Minami NERFINISHED ⓘ Tatsuo Matsumura NERFINISHED ⓘ Tatsuya Nakadai NERFINISHED ⓘ Toshiyuki Tonomura NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoshio Tsuchiya NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoshitaka Zushi NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuko Kusunoki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Asakazu Nakai
NERFINISHED
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Takao Saito NERFINISHED ⓘ Yasumichi Fukuzawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| director | Akira Kurosawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Toho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Reiko Kaneko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmColorProcess | Eastmancolor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | multiple interwoven stories ⓘ |
| format | color film ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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surrealist film ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseTitle | どですかでん NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRomanizedTitle | Dodesukaden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterReception | critical reappraisal over time ⓘ |
| leadActor | Yoshitaka Zushi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Toru Takemitsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | episodic ⓘ |
| notableFor | being Akira Kurosawa's first color feature ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| portrays | life in a Tokyo shantytown ⓘ |
| producer | Yoichi Matsue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Toho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 140 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Akira Kurosawa
NERFINISHED
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Hideo Oguni NERFINISHED ⓘ Shinobu Hashimoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | shantytown ⓘ |
| theme |
human resilience
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imagination ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
| title | Dodes'ka-den NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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