Drama · Japan · 1957 · 2h 5m

The Lower Depths

どん底

Director

Cast

Toshirō Mifune as Sutekichi the Thief Isuzu Yamada as Osugi the Landlady Kyōko Kagawa as Okayo, Osugi's Sister Ganjirō Nakamura II as Rokubei, Osugi's Husband Minoru Chiaki as Former Samurai Kamatari Fujiwara as The Actor

Crew

Kazuo Yamasaki — Director of Photography Akira Kurosawa — Editor Masaru Satō — Original Music Composer Akira Kurosawa — Screenplay Hideo Oguni — Screenplay Tomoyuki Tanaka — Producer

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

based on novel or book slum love triangle landlord landlady jidaigeki edo period philosophical class struggle slum dwellers landlady tenant relationship bakumatsu

Key Collaborators

Akira Kurosawa Director Kazuo Yamasaki Director of Photography Akira Kurosawa Editor Masaru Satō Original Music Composer Akira Kurosawa Screenplay Hideo Oguni Screenplay Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer Akira Kurosawa Producer Sōjirō Motoki Producer Yoshirō Muraki Production Design Yoshiko Samejima Costume Design

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