---
title: 'The Lower Depths (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Akira Kurosawa'
released: '1957-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 130
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lower-depths-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050330/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Lower Depths (1957)

1957 · 130 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: どん底

## Synopsis

The Lower Depths  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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa)
- **Screenplay:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa), [Maxim Gorky](https://cinepixo.com/people/maxim-gorky), [Hideo Oguni](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideo-oguni)
- **Producer:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa)
- **Editor:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Masaru Sato](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaru-sato)

## Cast

- [Toshirō Mifune](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshiro-mifune)
- [Yū Fujiki](https://cinepixo.com/people/yu-fujiki)
- [Akemi Negishi](https://cinepixo.com/people/akemi-negishi)
- [Minoru Chiaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/minoru-chiaki)
- [Haruo Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/haruo-tanaka)
- [Nakamura Ganjirō II](https://cinepixo.com/people/nakamura-ganjiro-ii)
- [Isuzu Yamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/isuzu-yamada)
- [Kyōko Kagawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyoko-kagawa)
- [Bokuzen Hidari](https://cinepixo.com/people/bokuzen-hidari)
- [Kamatari Fujiwara](https://cinepixo.com/people/kamatari-fujiwara)
- [Eijirō Tōno](https://cinepixo.com/people/eijiro-tono)

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