Dora-heita

feature film, 2000

DIRECTED BY: Kon Ichikawa

Dora-heita

CAST:
Kôji Yakusho (Koheita Mochizuki-Dora-heita),
Yűko Asano (Kosei),
Bunta Sugawara (Nadahachi),
Ryudo Uzaki (Giyoro Senba)

SCRIPT:
Kon Ichikawa,
Keisuke Kinoshita,
Masaki Kobayashi,
Akira Kurosawa (prema romanu Shugora Yamamote)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Yukio Isohata

Synopsis:
Dora-heita, in translation “street cat”, is the nickname of a newly appointed judge from a county famous for anarchy and in which three judges have vanished. The new judge pretends to be incapable and drunk all the time so that he can get rid of criminals more easily.

color, 111 min