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The Lower Depths (1957)

2h 5m • 1957 • HD

In a decaying 19th-century Japanese boardinghouse, a mysterious elder and a fading performer find themselves entangled in a passion that spirals into bloodshed. When the unscrupulous thief Sutekichi abandons his secret liaison with the landlady, Osugi, to pursue her youthful sister, Okayo, Osugi retaliates by confessing her betrayal to her enraged husband, igniting a storm of jealousy and violence.

Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyōko Kagawa, Ganjirō Nakamura II, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Akemi Negishi, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Kōji Mitsui, Eijirō Tōno, Haruo Tanaka, Eiko Miyoshi, Bokuzen Hidari, Atsushi Watanabe, Kichijirō Ueda
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based on novel or book slum love triangle landlord landlady jidaigeki edo period philosophical class struggle slum dwellers landlady tenant relationship bakumatsu
The Lower Depths

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