The Lower Depths (1957)
どん底
ThumbScore
👍 85%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 83%
(RT: 83%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Isuzu Yamada as Osugi the Landlady
Ganjirō Nakamura II as Rokubei, Osugi's Husband
Akemi Negishi as Osen the Prostitute
Nijiko Kiyokawa as Otaki the Candy-Seller
Is The Lower Depths good?
Yes. 85% audience score, estimated from 146 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 83%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
