The Lower Depths 1957

Synopsis

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.

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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

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