The Lower Depths (1957)
With Toshirō Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Isuzu Yamada, Kyōko Kagawa, Nakamura Ganjirō II, Kamatari Fujiwara, Akemi Negishi, Eijirō Tōno
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
The Lower Depths (どん底, Donzoko) is a 1957 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, the screenplay by Hideo Oguni and Akira Kurosawa, based on the 1902 play The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky. The setting was changed for the film from late 19th-century Russia to Edo period Japan.
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