The Lower Depths (1957)
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.
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Writers:
Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni.
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Toshirō Mifune as Sutekichi the Thief |
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Isuzu Yamada as Osugi the Landlady |
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Kyōko Kagawa as Okayo, Osugi's Sister |
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Ganjirō Nakamura II as Rokubei, Osugi's Husband |
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Minoru Chiaki as Former Samurai |
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Kamatari Fujiwara as The Actor |
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Akemi Negishi as Osen the Prostitute |
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Nijiko Kiyokawa as Otaki the Candy-Seller |
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Kōji Mitsui as Yoshisaburo the Gambler |
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Eijirō Tōno as Tomekichi the Tinker |
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Haruo Tanaka as Tatsu |
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Eiko Miyoshi as Asa, Tomekichi's Wife |
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Bokuzen Hidari as Kahei the Pilgrim |
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Atsushi Watanabe as Kuna |
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Kichijirō Ueda as Shimazo the Police Agent |
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Yū Fujiki as Unokichi |
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Fujitayama as Tsugaru |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
| Production | Akira Kurosawa | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yoshiko Samejima | Costume Design |
| Production | Sōjirō Motoki | Producer |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Yoshirō Muraki | Production Design |
| Editing | Akira Kurosawa | Editor |
| Directing | Akira Kurosawa | Director |
| Camera | Kazuo Yamasaki | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Fumio Yanoguchi | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Ichirô Minawa | Sound Effects Editor |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hideo Oguni | Screenplay |
| Writing | Maxim Gorky | Theatre Play |
| Lighting | Shigeru Mori | Lighting Technician |
| Directing | Yoshimitsu Banno | Assistant Director |
