The Lower Depths (1957)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1957-10-01
Runtime: 125 minutes
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Top Cast
- 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
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