
The Lower Depths
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.
Top Billed 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
Featured Crew

Akira Kurosawa
Director

Akira Kurosawa
Producer

Sōjirō Motoki
Producer

Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer

Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer

Akira Kurosawa
Editor

Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Yoshiko Samejima
Costume Design
Kazuo Yamasaki
Director of Photography
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor
Fumio Yanoguchi
Sound Designer

Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay