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The Lower Depths
Drama - 1957
The Lower Depths
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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
Cast:
,
Toshirō Mifune
,
Minoru Chiaki
,
Isuzu Yamada
,
Kyōko Kagawa
,
Nijiko Kiyokawa
,
Akemi Negishi
,
Ganjirô Nakamura I
,
Kamatari Fujiwara
,
Kōji Mitsui
,
Eijirō Tōno

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Rated:
NOT RATED
Runtime:
125 min
Release date:
1 Oct 1957
Country:
JP
Languages:
Japanese
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
5 wins.

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This is the purpose of the picture, to make one suffer and sympathize with them. Kurosawa's darkly imagistic technique achieves this depressing aim.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
10 Sep 2005
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