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The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths
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The Lower Depths

1957
Directed byAkira Kurosawa
2h 5m

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
Toshirō MifuneSutekichi the ThiefIsuzu YamadaOsugi the LandladyKyōko Kagawa
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Okayo, Osugi's Sister
Ganjirō Nakamura IIRokubei, Osugi's Husband
Minoru ChiakiFormer Samurai
Kamatari FujiwaraThe Actor
Akemi NegishiOsen the Prostitute
Nijiko KiyokawaOtaki the Candy-Seller
Kōji MitsuiYoshisaburo the Gambler
Eijirō TōnoTomekichi the Tinker
DETAILS
GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
PRODUCTION
TOHO
RATING
7.1

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