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The Lower Depths is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa. The screenplay was written by Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, and Maxim Gorky, based on Gorky’s work. The cast includes Toshirō Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Isuzu Yamada, and Kyōko Kagawa. Masaru Sato composed the music, while Kurosawa also served as producer and film editor. The production company was Toho.
The film is presented in black-and-white on 35 mm film. It has a runtime of 125 minutes according to one source and 137 minutes according to another. It was released in Japan in 1957. The original language is Japanese. Distribution formats include video on demand, with providers such as the Criterion Channel. The film holds a review score of 83% and an average vote of 7.082.
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7.1Residents 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.
Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Sutekichi the Thief
- Isuzu Yamada as Osugi the Landlady
- Kyōko Kagawa as Okayo, Osugi's Sister
- Ganjirō Nakamura II as Rokubei, Osugi's Husband
- Minoru Chiaki as Former Samurai
- Kamatari Fujiwara as The Actor
Themes
- based on novel or book
- slum
- love triangle
- landlord
- landlady
- jidaigeki
- edo period
- philosophical
- class struggle
- slum dwellers
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Based on
- The Lower Depths
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Screenwriter
- Maxim Gorky
- Cast member
- Yū Fujiki
- Composer
- Masaru Sato
- Producer
- Akira Kurosawa
- Production company
- Toho
- Duration
- 130
- FilmAffinity ID
- 506105
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1957-01-01
- film editor
- Akira Kurosawa
- title
- どん底
- color
- black-and-white
- film format
- 35 mm film
- Commons category
- The Lower Depths (1957 film)
- review score
- 83%
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