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The Lower Depths

7.1/10
TMDB147 votes
Original: 125 min

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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About The Lower Depths

The Lower Depths (1957) is a film in the drama genres. Directed by . The cast includes Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyōko Kagawa, Ganjirō Nakamura II.

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Original language
Runtime
125 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
Japan
Production companies
TOHO
Writers
Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni

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What is The Lower Depths about?

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.

Who stars in The Lower Depths?

Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyōko Kagawa, Ganjirō Nakamura II, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara. See the cast cards above for character names.

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