The Lower Depths (1957)
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.
Release Date : Oct 01, 1957
Runtime : 2h 5m
Genre : Drama
Companies : TOHO
Countries : Japan
Keywords : based on novel or book, slum, love triangle, landlord, landlady, philosophical, class struggle, slum dwellers, landlady tenant relationship, sisters love same man