The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths
NR
7.1
·

1957

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125m

The Lower Depths

Summary

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, Screenplay

Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay

Hideo Oguni

Theatre Play

Maxim Gorky

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

Japanese

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Keywords

based on novel or book
slum
love triangle
landlord
landlady
jidaigeki
edo period
philosophical
class struggle
slum dwellers
landlady tenant relationship
ensemble cast
bakumatsu
sisters love same man