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The Lower Depths

1957 • 2h5m Drama

Rating

7.1/10

Popularity

2

Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off his affair with landlady Osugi to romance her younger sister, Okayo, Osugi extracts her revenge by revealing her infidelity to her jealous husband.

Details

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay

Akira Kurosawa

Hideo Oguni

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Isuzu Yamada

Kyōko Kagawa

Release date

10/1/1957

Status

Released

Origin country

JP

Vote count

140