The Lower Depths Movie Review 1957

Kurosawa sets the Maxim Gorky play in Edo during the final Tokugawa period, using Noh theatre elements in depicting the lowly denizens of a low-rent hovel. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 125 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Homeless, Adapted from a Play

Screenplay

Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni

Cast

Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Ganjiro Nakamura, Kyoko Kagawa, Bokuzen Hidari

Cinematography

Kazuo Yamazaki

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Music

Masaru Sato

Producer

Toho Films