The Lower Depths

Name: The Lower Depths
Genre: Drama
Released: 1957-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.1

About The Lower Depths

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.

The Lower Depths is a 1957 drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film is filed under philosophical, jidaigeki, edo period, and slum.

Toshirō Mifune takes the lead as Sutekichi the Thief, Isuzu Yamada as Osugi the Landlady, Kyōko Kagawa as Okayo, Osugi's Sister, and Ganjirō Nakamura II as Rokubei, Osugi's Husband. Released in October 1957, it runs 125 minutes.

The screenplay is by Akira Kurosawa and Hideo Oguni. It is adapted from a novel. American members can watch it on Criterion Channel.

Harakiri, 13 Assassins, and Sanjuro make useful companions to The Lower Depths, all filed under bakumatsu. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 147 votes.