The Lower Depths (1957) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Akira Kurosawa.

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
• Haruo Tanaka as Tatsu
• Eiko Miyoshi as Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
• Bokuzen Hidari as Kahei the Pilgrim
• Atsushi Watanabe as Kuna
• Kichijirō Ueda as Shimazo the Police Agent
• Yū Fujiki as Unokichi
• Fujitayama as Tsugaru

Crew

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

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