The Lower Depths (1957)

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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.

• Released: 1957-10-01
• Genres: Drama
• Runtime: 2h 5m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.1/10 from 147 votes

Directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Top 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
• Akemi Negishi as Osen the Prostitute
• Nijiko Kiyokawa as Otaki the Candy-Seller
• Kōji Mitsui as Yoshisaburo the Gambler
• Eijirō Tōno as Tomekichi the Tinker

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Lower Depths

• United States: stream on Criterion Channel
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
• Canada: stream on Criterion Channel

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