The Lower Depths

  • Drama
10/1/1957
125

Storyline

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
Writers:
Akira Kurosawa
Hideo Oguni
    • based on novel or book
    • slum
    • love triangle
    • landlord
    • landlady
    • jidaigeki
    • edo period
    • philosophical
    • class struggle
    • slum dwellers
    • landlady tenant relationship
    • ensemble cast
    • bakumatsu
    • sisters love same man

    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
    • Eiko Miyoshi
      Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
    • Bokuzen Hidari
      Kahei the Pilgrim
    • Atsushi Watanabe
      Kuna
    • Kichijirō Ueda
      Shimazo the Police Agent
    • Yū Fujiki
      Unokichi

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