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The Lower Depths

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Calorie Rating: 192
Released: 1957-10-01
Running Time: 137 Minutes
Studios: TOHO,


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 / Directors

Yoshimitsu Banno
Assistant Director


Cast

Toshirō Mifune
Character: Sutekichi the Thief
Isuzu Yamada
Character: Osugi the Landlady
Kyōko Kagawa
Character: Okayo, Osugi's Sister

Ganjirō Nakamura II
Character: Rokubei, Osugi's husband
Minoru Chiaki
Character: Former Samurai
Kamatari Fujiwara
Character: The Actor

Akemi Negishi
Character: Osen the Prostitute
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Character: Otaki the Candy-Seller
Kōji Mitsui
Character: Yoshisaburo the Gambler

Eijirō Tōno
Character: Tomekichi the Tinker
Haruo Tanaka
Character: Tatsu
Eiko Miyoshi
Character: Asa, Tomekichi's Wife

Bokuzen Hidari
Character: Kahei the Pilgrim
Atsushi Watanabe
Character: Kuna
Kichijirō Ueda
Character: Shimazo the Police Agent

Yū Fujiki
Character: Unokichi
Fujitayama
Character: Tsugaru


Production and Crew


Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design

Yoshiko Samejima
Costume Design
Kazuo Yamasaki
Director of Photography
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor

Fumio Yanoguchi
Sound Designer
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Maxim Gorky
Theatre Play

Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Shigeru Mori
Lighting Technician