The Lower Depths

The Lower Depths (1957)

1957-10-01 · 125 min · Rating 7.06/10 (140 votes)

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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Keywords

bakumatsu based on novel or book class struggle edo period jidaigeki landlady landlady tenant relationship landlord love triangle philosophical slum slum dwellers