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{{short description|2000 film by Kon Ichikawa}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Dora-heita
| image          = Dora-heita poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical poster
| director       = [[Kon Ichikawa]]
| producer       =
| screenplay     = Kon Ichikawa<br />[[Akira Kurosawa]]<br />[[Keisuke Kinoshita]]<br />[[Masaki Kobayashi]]
| based_on       = {{based on|''Dora-heita''|[[Shūgorō Yamamoto]]}}
| starring       = [[Kōji Yakusho]]
| music          =
| cinematography = Yukio Isohata
| editing        =
| studio         = [[Nikkatsu]]<ref name="berlinale">{{cite web |title=DORA-HEITA |url=https://www.berlinale.de/external/programme/archive/pdf/20001100.pdf |website=[[Berlin International Film Festival]] |access-date=25 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725112900/https://www.berlinale.de/external/programme/archive/pdf/20001100.pdf |archive-date=25 July 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| distributor    = [[Toho]]<ref name="variety"/>
| released       = {{Film date|2000|5|10|df=yes}}
| runtime        = 110 minutes<ref name="berlinale"/>
| country        = Japan
| language       = Japanese
| budget         =
}}
{{nihongo|'''''Dora-heita'''''|どら平太||English: ''Alley Cat''}} is a 2000<ref name="Berra2012">{{cite book|author=John Berra|title=Directory of World Cinema: Japan 2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZBtqGMr8T4C&pg=PA146|year=2012|publisher=Intellect Books|isbn=978-1-84150-551-0|pages=146–}}</ref> Japanese film by Director [[Kon Ichikawa]].<ref>[http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/27378/dora-heita/ Dora-Heita : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> It was the 74th film made by Ichikawa.<ref name="Pym2010">{{cite book|author=John Pym|title=Time Out Film Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bcDIMS2Zb94C&pg=PA286|year=2010|publisher=Time Out Guides Limited|isbn=978-1-84670-208-2|pages=286–}}</ref>
==Plot==
A new magistrate (played by Kōji Yakusho) in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own misperceptions and prejudices to defeat his enemies and uproot corruption.<ref name="Carter2010">{{cite book|author=David Carter|title=East Asian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nydlzbe2LhEC&pg=PT82|date=4 November 2010|publisher=Oldcastle Books, Limited|isbn=978-1-84243-380-5|pages=82–}}</ref>
==Cast==
*[[Kōji Yakusho]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/movies/14ichikawa.html "Kon Ichikawa, Japanese Film Director, Dies at 92"]. ''New York Times''</ref>
*[[Yuko Asano]]<ref name=variety/>
*[[Bunta Sugawara]]
*[[Ryudo Uzaki]]
*[[Tsurutaro Kataoka]]
*[[Hirotarō Honda]] as Denkichi
*[[Takashi Miike]]<ref>[http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/13-assassins/Content?oid=2647142 13 Assassins | East Bay Express<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==Production==
The film was planned and written by the Yonki-no-kai, a group of four of Japan's most notable directors: [[Kon Ichikawa]], [[Masaki Kobayashi]], [[Keisuke Kinoshita]], and [[Akira Kurosawa]] in 1969.<ref name="IV2008">{{cite book|author=Stuart Galbraith IV|title=The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f7o8pq6G_dYC&pg=PA415|date=16 May 2008|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-1-4616-7374-3|pages=415–}}</ref><ref name="Schilling1999">{{cite book|author=Mark Schilling|title=Contemporary Japanese Film|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r5QYx6Tzai8C|year=1999|publisher=Weatherhill|isbn=978-0-8348-0415-9}}</ref> The commercial failure of ''[[Dodes'ka-den]]'' meant that funds were not available for filming ''Dora-heita''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140102131330/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/186995/Dora-Heita/overview "Dora-Heeita - overview"]. ''New York Times''.</ref>
Many years later, after the deaths of the other three partners, Ichikawa was able to produce the film.<ref>{{cite web|title=dora-heita|url=http://www.coffeecoffeeandmorecoffee.com/archives/2010/03/doraheita.html|work=Coffee, coffee and more coffee|accessdate=4 June 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/carmen-comes-home/ Midnight Eye review: Carmen Comes Home (Karumen Kyo ni Kaeru, 1951, Keisuke KINOSHITA)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The film includes cinematography by Yukio Isohata and a musical score by Kensaku Tanikawa.<ref name=variety />
The film was screened at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] in 2000<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/feb/14/obituaries.japan Obituary: Kon Ichikawa | Film | The Guardian<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and the Japanese Film Festival.
<ref>[http://www.cinema.com.my/news/features.aspx?search=2008.japan_ff08_2771 cinema.com.my: Features - 10 movies lined up for Japanese Film Festival 2008<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==Reception==
''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' gave a mixed review and said the film lacks energy and muscularity of samurai classics of the 1950s and 60s but noted the solid production, efficient camerawork, and striking musical score.<ref name="variety">{{cite web |last1=Stratton |first1=David |title=Reviews - Dora-Heita |url=https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/dora-heita-1200461411/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]] |access-date=25 July 2024 |date=5 March 2000}}</ref> ''[[The Times Online]]'' called it "a witty, mellow period film".<ref name="times">{{cite web |title=Obituaries - Kon Ichikawa |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3524281.ece |website=[[The Times Online]] |publisher=[[News UK]] |access-date=2 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524154711/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3524281.ece |archive-date=24 May 2010 |date=11 March 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|0236167}}
{{Kon Ichikawa}}
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