The Lower Depths
7.0(143) 1957-10-01 125 minDrama
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.
ProducerTomoyuki Tanaka
ProducerAkira Kurosawa
ProducerSōjirō Motoki
Original Music ComposerMasaru Satō
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
ScreenplayAkira Kurosawa
ScreenplayHideo Oguni
Cast & characters
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
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Fujitayama
as Tsugaru
