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The Lower Depths

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

October 1, 1957
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Cast (17)

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
Akemi Negishi
Osen the Prostitute
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Otaki the Candy-Seller
Kōji Mitsui
Yoshisaburo the Gambler
Eijirō Tōno
Tomekichi the Tinker
Eiko Miyoshi
Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
Bokuzen Hidari
Kahei the Pilgrim
Kichijirō Ueda
Shimazo the Police Agent
Yū Fujiki
Unokichi
Fujitayama
Tsugaru

Crew (16)

Directing

Akira Kurosawa
Director
Yoshimitsu Banno
Assistant Director

Writing

Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Maxim Gorky
Theatre Play

Production

Sound

Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Fumio Yanoguchi
Sound Designer
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor

Art

Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design

Camera

Kazuo Yamasaki
Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Yoshiko Samejima
Costume Design

Crew

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Editing

Lighting

Shigeru Mori
Lighting Technician

Visual Effects

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