Film
The Lower Depths
1957Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Where to watch
Stream
- Criterion Channel
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
About The Lower Depths
- Drama
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writers
- Akira Kurosawa
- Maxim Gorky
- Hideo Oguni
- Original title
- どん底
