The Lower Depths

Original title: どん底

Duration: 125 min

Release date: 1957-10-01

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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.

Drama

どん底

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Toshirō Mifune

as Sutekichi the Thief

as Osugi the Landlady

as Okayo, Osugi's Sister

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Ganjirō Nakamura II

as Rokubei, Osugi's Husband

as Former Samurai

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

as Osen the Prostitute

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Nijiko Kiyokawa

as Otaki the Candy-Seller

as Yoshisaburo the Gambler

as Tomekichi the Tinker

as Asa, Tomekichi's Wife

as Kahei the Pilgrim

Atsushi Watanabe

Atsushi Watanabe

Kichijirō Ueda

as Shimazo the Police Agent

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Sōjirō Motoki

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Original Music Composer

Yoshirō Muraki

Production Design

Yoshiko Samejima

Yoshiko Samejima

Director of Photography

Sound Effects Editor

Fumio Yanoguchi

Fumio Yanoguchi

Lighting Technician

Yoshimitsu Banno

Yoshimitsu Banno

Assistant Director

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