The Lower Depths
1957 · Movie · 125 min · ★ 7.1
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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Details
- Years
- 1957
- Release date
- 1957-10-01
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 125 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (141 votes)
Themes
- based on novel or book
- slum
- love triangle
- landlord
- landlady
- jidaigeki
- edo period
- philosophical
- class struggle
- slum dwellers
- landlady tenant relationship
- bakumatsu
Cast & crew
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
Directed by Akira Kurosawa