The Lower Depths
19572h 5mDrama
Released
October 1, 1957
TMDB Score
71% match · 147 votes
Loading VidBolt…
About the Movie
Synopsis
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.
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
- Released
- October 1, 1957
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Studio
- TOHO
Top Billed Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Sutekichi the Thief
Isuzu Yamada
Osugi the Landlady
Kyōko Kagawa
Okayo, Osugi's Sister
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Rokubei, Osugi's Husband
Minoru Chiaki
Former Samurai
Kamatari Fujiwara
The Actor
Akemi Negishi
Osen the Prostitute
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Otaki the Candy-Seller
Kōji Mitsui
Yoshisaburo the Gambler
Eijirō Tōno
Tomekichi the Tinker
Haruo Tanaka
Tatsu
Eiko Miyoshi
Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
Bokuzen Hidari
Kahei the Pilgrim
Atsushi Watanabe
Kuna
Kichijirō Ueda
Shimazo the Police Agent
Yū Fujiki
Unokichi
More Like This
★ 7.6Repast
1951Movie
★ 7.5Maborosi
1995Movie
★ 7.3After the Rain
2000Movie
★ 7.1A Man
2022Movie
★ 8.4High and Low
1963Movie
★ 6.2Family Romance, LLC
2019Movie
★ 7.3Les Misérables
2012Movie
★ 7.5From Up on Poppy Hill
2011Movie
★ 6.8If Cats Disappeared from the World
2016Movie
★ 6.9Aristocrats
2021Movie
★ 7.6The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952Movie
★ 7.5anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - The Movie
2013Movie