The Lower Depths
Akira Kurosawa1957-10-01
7.1
125 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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Toshirō Mifune | Sutekichi the Thief | Unowned |
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Isuzu Yamada | Osugi the Landlady | Unowned |
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Kyōko Kagawa | Okayo, Osugi's Sister | Unowned |
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Ganjirō Nakamura II | Rokubei, Osugi's Husband | Unowned |
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Minoru Chiaki | Former Samurai | Unowned |
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Kamatari Fujiwara | The Actor | Unowned |
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Akemi Negishi | Osen the Prostitute | Unowned |
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Nijiko Kiyokawa | Otaki the Candy-Seller | Unowned |
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Kōji Mitsui | Yoshisaburo the Gambler | Unowned |
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Eijirō Tōno | Tomekichi the Tinker | Unowned |
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Haruo Tanaka | Tatsu | Unowned |
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Eiko Miyoshi | Asa, Tomekichi's Wife | Unowned |
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Bokuzen Hidari | Kahei the Pilgrim | Unowned |
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Atsushi Watanabe | Kuna | Unowned |
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Kichijirō Ueda | Shimazo the Police Agent | Unowned |
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Yū Fujiki | Unokichi | Unowned |
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Fujitayama | Tsugaru | Unowned |