Les Bas-fonds

Crime Story meets 19th-century melodrama. Residents of a rundown boardinghouse get drawn into a love triangle. It delivers a violent reckoning.

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Akira Kurosawa directed Les Bas-fonds in 1957. See Akira Kurosawa's full filmography, where to start with Akira Kurosawa, or where to go after you've seen everything by Akira Kurosawa.

Les Bas-fonds was released in 1957 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 125 minutes.