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.

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  Akira Kurosawa

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  Toshirō Mifune
  Sutekichi the Thief
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  Isuzu Yamada
  Osugi the Landlady
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  Kyōko Kagawa
  Okayo, Osugi's Sister
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  Ganjirō Nakamura II
  Rokubei, Osugi's Husband
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  Minoru Chiaki
  Former Samurai
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  Kamatari Fujiwara
  The Actor
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  Akemi Negishi
  Osen the Prostitute
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  Nijiko Kiyokawa
  Otaki the Candy-Seller
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  Kōji Mitsui
  Yoshisaburo the Gambler
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  Eijirō Tōno
  Tomekichi the Tinker
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  Haruo Tanaka
  Tatsu
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  Eiko Miyoshi
  Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
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  Bokuzen Hidari
  Kahei the Pilgrim
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  Atsushi Watanabe
  Kuna
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  Kichijirō Ueda
  Shimazo the Police Agent
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  Yū Fujiki
  Unokichi
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  Fujitayama
  Tsugaru