The Lower Depths
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1957-10-01
Runtime: 125 mins
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Spoken language: 日本語
Genres: Drama
Original title: The Lower Depths
Production Companies: TOHO
Production Countries: Japan
Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Isuzu Yamada
Kyōko Kagawa
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Minoru Chiaki
Kamatari Fujiwara
Akemi Negishi
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Kōji Mitsui
Eijirō Tōno
Haruo Tanaka
Eiko Miyoshi
Bokuzen Hidari
Atsushi Watanabe
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