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The Lower Depths

Original title: どん底

1957 · 2h 5m

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

7.1

TMDB audience score
147 votes, out of 10

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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.

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Cast

  • Toshirō Mifune
    Sutekichi the Thief

  • Isuzu Yamada
    Osugi the Landlady

  • Kyōko Kagawa
    Okayo, Osugi's Sister

  • Ganjirō Nakamura II
    Rokubei, Osugi's Husband

  • Minoru Chiaki
    Former Samurai

  • Kamatari Fujiwara
    The Actor

  • Akemi Negishi
    Osen the Prostitute

  • Nijiko Kiyokawa
    Otaki the Candy-Seller

  • Kōji Mitsui
    Yoshisaburo the Gambler

  • Eijirō Tōno
    Tomekichi the Tinker

  • Haruo Tanaka
    Tatsu

  • Eiko Miyoshi
    Asa, Tomekichi's Wife

  • Bokuzen Hidari
    Kahei the Pilgrim

  • Atsushi Watanabe
    Kuna

  • Kichijirō Ueda
    Shimazo the Police Agent

  • Yū Fujiki
    Unokichi

  • Fujitayama
    Tsugaru