The Lower Depths (1957)

movie

(5940)

Country: Japan
Genres: Drama
Release: 1957-10-01
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writers: Maxim Gorky , Akira Kurosawa , Hideo Oguni
Language: Japanese
Stars: Toshirō Mifune , Isuzu Yamada , Kyōko Kagawa , Ganjirô Nakamura , Minoru Chiaki , Kamatari Fujiwara , Akemi Negishi , Nijiko Kiyokawa , Kōji Mitsui , Eijirō Tōno
Runtime: 137 min
Awards: 5 wins
AKA: The Lower Depths (United Kingdom) , I bassifondi (Italy) , The Lower Depths (Ireland) , Azilul de noapte (Romania) , Nattasylet (Norway) , The Lower Depths (Australia) , Na dnu , На дне , 低下层 (China) , Na dnu (Croatia) , Na dnie (Poland) , Los bajos fondos (Mexico) , The Lower Depths (United States of America) , Natthärbärget (Sweden) , На дъното (Bulgaria) , Les bas-fonds (Canada) , The Lower Depths (South Africa) , Donzoko: Ralé (Brazil) , Los bajos fondos (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Nachtasyl - The lower Depth (Germany) , The Lower Depths , Donzoko , Dugne (Lithuania) , The Lower Depths (New Zealand) , На дні (Ukraine) , Los bajos fondos (Spain) , Natherberget (Denmark) , Nachtasyl , The Lower Depths (Canada) , Pohjalla (Finland) , Les bas-fonds (France, French Republic) , Éjjeli menedékhely (Hungary) , どん底 (Japan)
Plot:
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.
IMDB:tt0050330