The Lower Depths (1957)
Donzoko
137 min
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.
- Release date
- October 1, 1957
- Country of origin
- Japan
Where to watch
Subscription
Criterion Channel
Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Sutekichi the Thief
- Isuzu Yamada as Osugi the Landlady
- Kyōko Kagawa as Okayo, Osugi's Sister
- Ganjirô Nakamura as Rokubei, Osugi's Husband
- Minoru Chiaki as Tonosama - the former Samurai
- Kamatari Fujiwara as The Actor
- Akemi Negishi as Osen the Prostitute
- Nijiko Kiyokawa as Otaki the Candy-Seller
- Kōji Mitsui as Yoshisaburo the Gambler
- Eijirō Tōno as Tomekichi the Tinker
- Haruo Tanaka as Tatsu
- Eiko Miyoshi as Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
- Bokuzen Hidari as Kahei the Pilgrim
- Atsushi Watanabe as Kuna
- Kichijirō Ueda as Shimazo the Police Agent
- Yū Fujiki as Unokichi
- Fujitayama as Tsugaru
Crew
- Akira Kurosawa · Director
- Maxim Gorky · Writer
- Akira Kurosawa · Writer
- Hideo Oguni · Writer
- Akira Kurosawa · Producer
- Masaru Satō · Composer
- Kazuo Yamazaki · Cinematographer
- Akira Kurosawa · Editor
- Yoshirô Muraki · Production designer