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The Lower Depths (1957)

Original title: どん底

1957-10-01 · 2h 5m · JA
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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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Akira KurosawaDirector

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Toshirō MifuneToshirō MifuneSutekichi the ThiefIsuzu YamadaIsuzu YamadaOsugi the LandladyKyōko KagawaKyōko KagawaOkayo, Osugi's SisterGanjirô Nakamura IGanjirô Nakamura IRokubei, Osugi's HusbandGanjirō Nakamura IIGanjirō Nakamura IIRokubei, Osugi's husbandMinoru ChiakiMinoru ChiakiFormer SamuraiKamatari FujiwaraKamatari FujiwaraThe ActorAkemi NegishiAkemi NegishiOsen the ProstituteNijiko KiyokawaNijiko KiyokawaOtaki the Candy-SellerKōji MitsuiKōji MitsuiYoshisaburo the GamblerEijirō TōnoEijirō TōnoTomekichi the TinkerHaruo TanakaHaruo TanakaTatsu

Keywords

Based on novel or bookLove triangleSlumIndependent filmPhilosophicalLandlordSlum dwellersLandladyClass struggleLandlady tenant relationshipSisters love same man

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Genre affinityDramaTheme affinityBased On Novel Or Book · Love Triangle · SlumNarrative complexityPhilosophicalDialogue densityDramaDirector preference90737Actor preference173559 · 173565 · 244630

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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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The Lower Depths has a runtime of 125 minutes.

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