1957
7.1 (131 votes)
2h 5m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
TOHO
The Lower Depths (どん底)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka, Akira Kurosawa, Sōjirō Motoki
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Director of Photography: Kazuo Yamasaki
Screenplay: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni
Top 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
