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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.
Sutekichi finds himself trapped between a fierce landlady and her innocent younger sister within the shadows of a crumbling boardinghouse. This claustrophobic drama captures the volatile friction of desperate souls clinging to dignity in a world that has forgotten them.
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Cast
Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyōko Kagawa, Ganjirō Nakamura II, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Akemi Negishi, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Kōji Mitsui, Eijirō Tōno
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The Lower Depths
You can stream The Lower Depths (1957) on Criterion Channel with a subscription.
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Director
Akira Kurosawa
Cast
Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyōko Kagawa, Ganjirō Nakamura II, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Akemi Negishi, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Kōji Mitsui, Eijirō Tōno
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The Lower Depths is streaming on Criterion Channel. Availability last verified October 5, 2026.