The Lower Depths

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 The Lower Depths 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.

The Lower Depths was released in 1957 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 125 minutes.