The Lower Depths

Name: The Lower Depths
Genre: Drama
Released: 1957-10-01
Duration: 125 min
Rating: 7.1

2h 5m Japanese

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The Lower Depths

2h 5m Japanese

★ #7,098 Drama

#slum #love triangle #based on novel or book #landlord #landlady #jidaigeki #edo period #philosophical #class struggle #slum dwellers #landlady tenant relationship #bakumatsu

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

Screenplay Akira Kurosawa Screenplay Hideo Oguni Theatre Play Maxim Gorky