The Lower Depths 1957

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Drama

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.

Release Date 1957-10-01
Runtime 2h 5m
Directors Akira Kurosawa, Yoshimitsu Banno, Kazuo Yamasaki
Producers Tomoyuki Tanaka, Sōjirō Motoki, Akira Kurosawa
Writers Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa, Maxim Gorky