The Lower Depths

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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.

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Creators

Akira Kurosawa

director

Akira Kurosawa

writer

Maxim Gorky

writer

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Hideo Oguni

writer

Cast

Toshirō Mifune actor

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Isuzu Yamada actor

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Kyōko Kagawa actor

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Ganjirō Nakamura II actor

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Minoru Chiaki actor

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Kamatari Fujiwara actor

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Akemi Negishi actor

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Nijiko Kiyokawa actor Kōji Mitsui actor

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Eijirō Tōno actor

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Haruo Tanaka actor

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Eiko Miyoshi actor

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Bokuzen Hidari actor

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Atsushi Watanabe actor

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Kichijirō Ueda actor Yū Fujiki actor

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Fujitayama actor