The Lower Depths

The Lower Depths (1957)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1957-10-01
  • User Rating: 7.1/10 from 125 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 5min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: TOHO
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Akira Kurosawa
star 7.1/10
From 125 Ratings
7.2

Summary

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.

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  • Toshirō Mifune

    as Sutekichi the Thief

  • Isuzu Yamada

    as Osugi the Landlady

  • Kyōko Kagawa

    as Okayo, Osugi's Sister

  • Ganjirō Nakamura II

    as Rokubei, Osugi's husband

  • Minoru Chiaki

    as Former Samurai

  • Kamatari Fujiwara

    as The Actor

  • Akemi Negishi

    as Osen the Prostitute

  • Nijiko Kiyokawa

    as Otaki the Candy-Seller

  • Kōji Mitsui

    as Yoshisaburo the Gambler

  • Eijirō Tōno

    as Tomekichi the Tinker

  • Haruo Tanaka

    as Tatsu

  • Eiko Miyoshi

    as Asa, Tomekichi's Wife

  • Bokuzen Hidari

    as Kahei the Pilgrim

  • Atsushi Watanabe

    as Kuna

  • Kichijirō Ueda

    as Shimazo the Police Agent

  • Yū Fujiki

    as Unokichi

  • Fujitayama

    as Tsugaru
Production Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer
Production Sōjirō Motoki Producer
Sound Masaru Satō Original Music Composer
Production Akira Kurosawa Producer
Art Yoshirō Muraki Production Design
Directing Akira Kurosawa Director
Editing Akira Kurosawa Editor
Costume & Make-Up Yoshiko Samejima Costume Design
Camera Kazuo Yamasaki Director of Photography
Sound Ichirô Minawa Sound Effects Editor
Sound Fumio Yanoguchi Sound Designer
Writing Akira Kurosawa Screenplay
Writing Maxim Gorky Theatre Play
Writing Hideo Oguni Screenplay
Lighting Shigeru Mori Lighting Technician
Directing Yoshimitsu Banno Assistant Director

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