Drama
The Lower Depths
User Score138 votes
71%7.1/10
Release1957→
Runtime2H 5M
LanguageJapanese
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
Toshirō Mifune
Sutekichi the Thief
Isuzu Yamada
Osugi the Landlady
Kyōko Kagawa
Okayo, Osugi's Sister
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Rokubei, Osugi's Husband
Minoru Chiaki
Former Samurai
Kamatari Fujiwara
The Actor
Akemi Negishi
Osen the Prostitute
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Otaki the Candy-Seller
Media17
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Director
Akira Kurosawa
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Keywords
based on novel or bookslumlove trianglelandlordlandladyjidaigekiedo periodphilosophicalclass struggleslum dwellerslandlady tenant relationshipbakumatsu
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Countries:Japan
Production:TOHO