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This dark, moody poster features a gritty, sepia-toned image of two characters in a dimly lit, gritty urban setting. The mood is intense and somber, reflecting the film's themes of social struggle and despair.

The Lower Depths

1957 · Movie · 125 min· Updated Apr 2026
⭐7.1
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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.

The Lower Depths is a film that explores themes of based on novel or book, slum, love triangle. It also touches on landlord and landlady and jidaigeki.

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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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This dark, moody poster features a gritty, sepia-toned image of two characters in a dimly lit, gritty urban setting. The mood is intense and somber, reflecting the film's themes of social struggle and despair.

The Lower Depths

1957•⭐ 7.1•125 min•Updated Apr 2026
🌐Japanese

You can stream The Lower Depths (1957) on Criterion Channel with a subscription.

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7.1/10

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83%

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.

The Lower Depths is a film that explores themes of based on novel or book, slum, love triangle. It also touches on landlord and landlady and jidaigeki.

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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