The Lower Depths (1957)
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.The Lower Depths featuring Toshirō Mifune and Isuzu Yamada is streaming with subscription on The Criterion Channel, and free on Freevee (Via Prime Video). It's a drama and romance movie with a better than average IMDb audience rating of 7.3 (5,558 votes).
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Available to watch free online (Freevee).
Available to stream on a subscription service (The Criterion Channel).
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Not available to rent or buy.
#389 Ranked in Gangster Movies
#769 Ranked in Movies on The Criterion Channel
#3160 Ranked in Romance Movies
The Lower Depths has a better than average IMDb audience rating of 7.3 (5,558 votes). The movie is somewhat popular with Reelgood users lately.
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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.