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.
| Title | The Lower Depths |
|---|---|
| Year | 1957 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Country | Japan |
| Studio | TOHO |
| Cast | Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyōko Kagawa, Ganjirō Nakamura II, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara |
| Crew | Tomoyuki Tanaka (Producer), Akira Kurosawa (Producer), Yoshiko Samejima (Costume Design), Sōjirō Motoki (Producer), Masaru Satō (Original Music Composer), Yoshirō Muraki (Production Design) |
| Keyword | based on novel or book, slum, love triangle, landlord, landlady, jidaigeki, edo period, philosophical, class struggle, slum dwellers, landlady tenant relationship, sisters love same man |
| Release | Oct 01, 1957 |
| Runtime | 125 minutes |
| Quality | HD |
| IMDb | 7.09 / 10 by 126 users |
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