Dokkoi! Songs from the Bottom (1975)

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

Release Date : May 24, 1975

Runtime : 121m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Ogawa Productions

Countries : Japan

Keywords : poverty, life in the slums, yokohama, day labor