Movie·1957·2h 5m
The Lower Depths
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: どん底
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.
Written By
Hideo Oguni
Producer
Akira Kurosawa, Sōjirō Motoki
Cinematography
Kazuo Yamasaki
Music
Masaru Satō
Editor
Akira Kurosawa
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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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
Fujitayama
Tsugaru
// crew
Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Director, Producer, Editor, Screenplay
Sōjirō Motoki
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Kazuo Yamasaki
Director of Photography
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
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