The Lower Depths

Name: The Lower Depths
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Genre: Drama
Released: 1957-10-01
Duration: 2 h
Rating: 7.1

Original Title: どん底

Drama

Story 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.

Director Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay / Writers Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni

Top Billed Cast

Toshirō Mifune Isuzu Yamada Kyōko Kagawa Ganjirō Nakamura II Minoru Chiaki Kamatari Fujiwara Akemi Negishi Nijiko Kiyokawa