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The Lower Depths

Original title: どん底

  • Movie
  • 1957
  • 2h 5m

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

7.1

TMDB audience rating
7.1 out of 10 from 147 votes

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Overview

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.

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Cast and crew

  • Toshirō Mifune

    Toshirō MifuneSutekichi the Thief

  • Isuzu Yamada

    Isuzu YamadaOsugi the Landlady

  • Kyōko Kagawa

    Kyōko KagawaOkayo, Osugi's Sister

  • Ganjirō Nakamura II

    Ganjirō Nakamura IIRokubei, Osugi's Husband

  • Minoru Chiaki

    Minoru ChiakiFormer Samurai

  • Kamatari Fujiwara

    Kamatari FujiwaraThe Actor

  • Akemi Negishi

    Akemi NegishiOsen the Prostitute

  • Nijiko Kiyokawa

    Nijiko KiyokawaOtaki the Candy-Seller

  • Kōji Mitsui

    Kōji MitsuiYoshisaburo the Gambler

  • Eijirō Tōno

    Eijirō TōnoTomekichi the Tinker

  • Haruo Tanaka

    Haruo TanakaTatsu

  • Eiko Miyoshi

    Eiko MiyoshiAsa, Tomekichi's Wife

  • Bokuzen Hidari

    Bokuzen HidariKahei the Pilgrim

  • Atsushi Watanabe

    Atsushi WatanabeKuna

  • Kichijirō Ueda

    Kichijirō UedaShimazo the Police Agent

  • Yū Fujiki

    Yū FujikiUnokichi

  • FujitayamaTsugaru

Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writer
Akira Kurosawa and Hideo Oguni
Music
Masaru Satō
Cinematography
Kazuo Yamasaki