Editing Dodes'ka-den (section)

===Filming===
In contrast to ''Red Beard'', which was in production for two years, filming for ''Dodes'ka-den'' began on April 23, 1970, and was finished in only 27 days, two months ahead of schedule.<ref name="criterionbooklet"/><ref name="prince"/> According to [[Stephen Prince]], it was shot for standard-ratio [[35 mm movie film]] rather than the [[anamorphic widescreen]] that Kurosawa had used since ''[[The Hidden Fortress]]'' (1958). Prince writes that this was because the director did not like how anamorphic lenses handled color information.<ref name="prince"/> As a result, it marks a return to the [[Fullscreen (aspect ratio)|1.33:1 aspect ratio]] he used regularly in the 1940s and early 1950s.<ref name="prince"/> Prince also states that ''Dodes'ka-den'' marks the first time the director used zoom lenses; a sign of the "speed and economy" with which he made the film.<ref name="prince"/> Nogami stated that she had never seen Kurosawa as "quiet and undemanding" on set as he was for ''Dodes'ka-den''. As an example, she explained how during a nine-minute scene that had to be shot in one take, [[Junzaburō Ban]] had trouble memorizing all of his dialogue and caused numerous retakes. Nogami said "the old Kurosawa" would have lost his temper and started yelling, but instead he just gently said "let's try it again." and eventually praised Ban when the shot was finally completed.<ref name="criterionbooklet"/> Nogami also related how Fujiwara was well-known for not being able to memorize his lines. While filming an eight-minute scene with Watanabe, Kurosawa finally had had enough and had Nogami give Fujiwara verbal prompts. Nogami said her voice was hard to remove from the final tape.<ref name="criterionbooklet"/> The drawings that cover the walls of Rokuchan's house were initially drawn by Kurosawa at home. But he decided they were too "grown-up", and had schoolchildren draw them instead.<ref name="criterionbooklet"/>