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The Lower Depths
1957 • 2h 5m • ★ 7.1 (138 votes) Released
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
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Hideo Oguni
Rating
7.1
Runtime
125 min
Production
TOHOTop Billed Cast
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Keywords
based on novel or bookslumlove trianglelandlordlandladyjidaigekiedo periodphilosophicalclass struggleslum dwellerslandlady tenant relationshipbakumatsu
