The Lower Depths
どん底
19572ч 5мин
(141)
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.
Director:Akira Kurosawa
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Details
Basic Info
StatusReleased
Release DateOctober 1, 1957
Original Languageja
Statistics
Vote Count141
Popularity2
Languages
Japanese
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
Crew
Writers
Akira Kurosawa
Hideo Oguni
Producers
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Sōjirō Motoki
Akira Kurosawa
Composer
Masaru Satō
Cinematography
Kazuo Yamasaki
Editor
Akira Kurosawa
Keywords
based on novel or bookslumlove trianglelandlordlandladyjidaigekiedo periodphilosophicalclass struggleslum dwellerslandlady tenant relationshipbakumatsu
Cast
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
Kōji Mitsui
Yoshisaburo the Gambler
Eijirō Tōno
Tomekichi the Tinker
Haruo Tanaka
Tatsu
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Eiko Miyoshi
Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
