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The Lower Depths

Not Rated Drama

Starring: Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyōko Kagawa, Ganjirō Nakamura II, Minoru Chiaki

Writer: Akira Kurosawa, Maxim Gorky, Hideo Oguni

Release Date:
October 1, 1957
Ratings:
7.1 / 10
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Companies:
TOHO

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.