The Lower Depths

7.1
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 125 min
  • Premiere: 1957. October 1.

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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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

Akemi Negishi

Osen the Prostitute

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Otaki the Candy-Seller

Kōji Mitsui

Yoshisaburo the Gambler

Eijirō Tōno

Tomekichi the Tinker

Eiko Miyoshi

Asa, Tomekichi's Wife

Bokuzen Hidari

Kahei the Pilgrim

Kichijirō Ueda

Shimazo the Police Agent

Yū Fujiki

Unokichi

Fujitayama

Tsugaru

Art

Yoshirō Muraki

Production Design

Camera

Kazuo Yamasaki

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Yoshiko Samejima

Costume Design

Directing

Akira Kurosawa

Director

Yoshimitsu Banno

Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Shigeru Mori

Lighting Technician

Production

Akira Kurosawa

Producer

Sound

Masaru Satō

Original Music Composer

Fumio Yanoguchi

Sound Designer

Ichirô Minawa

Sound Effects Editor

Writing

Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay

Hideo Oguni

Screenplay

Maxim Gorky

Theatre Play

Art

Yoshirō Muraki

Production Design

Camera

Kazuo Yamasaki

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Yoshiko Samejima

Costume Design

Directing

Akira Kurosawa

Director

Yoshimitsu Banno

Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Shigeru Mori

Lighting Technician

Production

Akira Kurosawa

Producer

Sound

Masaru Satō

Original Music Composer

Fumio Yanoguchi

Sound Designer

Ichirô Minawa

Sound Effects Editor

Writing

Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay

Hideo Oguni

Screenplay

Maxim Gorky

Theatre Play