The Lower Depths
1957·Movie
·2h 5min·
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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.
Japanese Social Drama19th Century SettingBleak RealismComplex CharactersClass ConflictPsychological DepthMoral AmbiguityLiterary Adaptation
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Directed by:
Akira Kurosawa, Yoshimitsu Banno
Written by:
Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Maxim Gorky
Produced by:
Akira Kurosawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Sōjirō Motoki
Composed by:
Fumio Yanoguchi, Masaru Satō, Ichirô Minawa
Sequels and Prequels
No sequels or prequels available