The Lower Depths

Name: The Lower Depths
Genre: Drama
Released: 01 Oct 1957
Rating: 7.04
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyōko Kagawa, Ganjirō Nakamura II, Minoru Chiaki

1957-10-01 Japan 125 minutes.

7.04 143 votes

Drama based on novel or book slum love triangle landlord landlady jidaigeki edo period philosophical class struggle slum dwellers landlady tenant relationship bakumatsu

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Overview

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.

Year 1957

Studio TOHO

Director Akira Kurosawa

Crew Tomoyuki Tanaka (Producer), Akira Kurosawa (Producer), Yoshiko Samejima (Costume Design), Sōjirō Motoki (Producer), Masaru Satō (Original Music Composer), Yoshirō Muraki (Production Design)

Popularity 2

Language 日本語