The Lower Depths

どん底

1957·125'

Akira Kurosawa

Drama

Japanese

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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.

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

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