The Lower Depths (1957)
In a slum flophouse, a collection of beggars and thieves bewail their lot in life, and Osugi, the landlady, fights with her sister, Okayo, over the man they both desire, the thief Sutekichi (imdb)
Genre: Drama
AKA: Donzoko
Country: Japan
Directed By: Akira Kurosawa
Written By: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Maxim Gorky
Starring: Kyôko Kagawa, Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Ganjirô Nakamura, Kichijirô Ueda, Isuzu Yamada, Bokuzen Hidari, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Kôji Mitsui, Kamatari Fujiwara, Eijirô Tôno, Akemi Negishi
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The Lower Depths belongs to 7 collections
1. Criterion Collection (public: moderated by caffe - 135 stars)
2. Kinema Junpo 200 Greatest Japanese films (2009 list) (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 13 stars)
3. Remake (public: moderated by td888 - 8 stars)
4. Sight and Sound 2002 (Single Vote) (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 1 star)
5. Versátil Home Video (public: moderated by sdenka)
6. Akira Kurosawa (private: kendell - 1 star)
7. PSI being off (private: JooJoo)
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closedmouth | 80 64% |
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It's a bit of a stagey soap opera, especially in the acting (which is good, but occasionally degenerates into hysterical screaming), but it's entertaining and engrossing, and Kurosawa brings life to an extremely limited setting.
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Maxim Gorki's Drama, perfectly adapted by Akira Kurosawa is abolutely great. The Lower Depth is a, somehow schizophrenic movie. On one hand the hopelessness of the protagonists is really sad, and it seems that no one ever got a chance to break out of their misery, and on the other hand most of them accept their situation. So they try to make the best of it. It's an awesome drama with well elaborated characters and a very strong final act.
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A great picture. Painfully emotional at times, but the comic relief definitely gets rid of that in a hurry, mostly by Bokuzen Hidari's character. Mifune as usual is great, and Kurosawa's camera shows the slum and its inhabitants despair with great potency, but at the same time brings out the best qualities of these characters and turns it into a heartwarming film.
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Not one, but two scenes of a character bursting into hysterics and fleeing the scene....I kind of wanted to follow. Nothing here works on the level you'd expect from Kurosawa in his prime. Overwrought drama of the strict, theatrical type.
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The stageiness hampers the film but Kurosawa does what he can with being limited to essentially a single set. It's all a bit unfocused but the characters are interesting enough to overcome it for the most part and at least a lot of the scenes are very enjoyable on their own, even if they're not tied together as well as they could be. Kurosawa's done much better but that shouldn't keep you from watching and appreciating it despite some flaws.
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A remake of the French original, it's a story about life and death among a loose collection of slum dwellers that shows how even the lowest people in the social order know how to party.
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There's no mistaking this film's theatrical origins, a stagey chamber drama not very typical of Kurosawa's sprawling adventures. That's fine though, because it's elevated with excellent cinematography (see how deep focus is constant, the frame always full of action front to back) and features the director's finest ensemble gathering of performers outside of Seven Samurai. It's pleasant to see Bokuzen Hidari in a more prominent role, here as the beacon of compassion among misery and squalor.
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Well filmed in the style of a stage play by the master, Kurosawa. The cast is quite amazing, a who's who of Japanese film. Plenty of themes to ponder. But you have to be in the mood to watch a play, as there is virtually no action.
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Kurosawa's a director who speaks largely in action and gestures. I can't think of any other Kurosawa film that's even close to being as dialogue-heavy as this. Being bound to one set seems to cramp his style, as does the absolute lack of scoring. However, this film certainly has some considerable assets. The compositions are striking as always, especially working in such a confined space. There's a lot of humor, some of it excellent. So it's not one of his worst, but it is definitely uneven.
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Fantastic,One of Kurasawa's best.
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