The Lower Depths
1957 · 125 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 6,165 VOTES · DIR. Akira Kurosawa
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,146 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:23 DON-ZOKO (THE LOWER DEPTHS)
00:04:45 Take it.
00:10:16 That's nothing.
00:15:51 I'm flattered.
00:19:55 We can't do without thieves.
00:25:15 I can't expect such luck every day.
00:29:57 I don't remember.
00:33:57 Where is the broom?
00:41:49 He cheated. And I don't like it.
00:47:19 Nothing.
00:51:22 Please! Tell me!
00:57:00 I don't want to listen to you.
01:02:01 Why should you be sorry for such a man?
01:08:35 The soft breeze cool on my cheeks.
01:13:57 I'm not clean...
01:18:10 And I keep on waiting... always.
01:22:10 To go to jail?
01:26:16 I can come home any time I like.
01:31:08 I worked today. I made money.
01:37:37 He's a thief. He's trying to steal my sister in law.
01:42:41 What's left behind is just trash.
01:46:41 ...A great lord.
01:53:20 You're wearing your wife's coat.
01:58:14 You're all here. A storm is raging outside.
Cast & Characters
Toshirô Mifune
Sutekichi the Thief
Isuzu Yamada
Osugi the Landlady
Kyôko Kagawa
Okayo, Osugi's Sister
Ganjirô Nakamura
Rokubei, Osugi's Husband
Minoru Chiaki
Tonosama - the former Samurai
Kamatari Fujiwara
The Actor
Akemi Negishi
Osen the Prostitute
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Otaki the Candy-Seller
Kôji Mitsui
Yoshisaburo the Gambler
Eijirô Tôno
Tomekichi the Tinker
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,146
Dialogue density9.2 lines / min
First line00:00:23
Final line01:58:14
Production Record
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes6,165