The Lower Depths
01/10/1957
2h 5m



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


Toshirō Mifune
Sutekichi the Thief


Isuzu Yamada
Osugi the Landlady


Kyōko Kagawa
Okayo, Osugi's Sister


Ganjirō Nakamura II
Rokubei, Osugi's Husband


Minoru Chiaki
Former Samurai


Kamatari Fujiwara
The Actor


Akemi Negishi
Osen the Prostitute


Nijiko Kiyokawa
Otaki the Candy-Seller


Kōji Mitsui
Yoshisaburo the Gambler


Eijirō Tōno
Tomekichi the Tinker


Haruo Tanaka
Tatsu


Eiko Miyoshi
Asa, Tomekichi's Wife


Bokuzen Hidari
Kahei the Pilgrim


Atsushi Watanabe
Kuna


Kichijirō Ueda
Shimazo the Police Agent


Yū Fujiki
Unokichi
Fujitayama
Tsugaru
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