The Lower Depths

10/01/1957

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2hrs 5min

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Drama

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Toshirō Mifune
  • Isuzu Yamada
  • Kyōko Kagawa
  • Ganjirō Nakamura II
  • Minoru Chiaki

    Director

  • Akira Kurosawa

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • TOHO

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese