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  • Title: Lower Depths, The (1957) (Criterion #239) [Donzoko] / Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create (excerpt)
  • Summary: In a slum flophouse, a collection of beggars and thieves bewail their lot in life and the landlady fights with her sister over the thief they both desire.
  • Director: Akira Kurosawa
  • Cast: Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yu Fujiki, Bokuzen Hidari, Kyoko Kagawa, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Toshiro Mifune, Koji Mitsui, Eiko Miyoshi, Ganjiro Nakamura, Akemi Negishi, Haruo Tanaka, Eijiro Tono, Kichijiro Ueda, Atsushi Watanabe, Isuzu Yamada
  • Year: 1957
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  • Format: DVD
  • Language: Japanese with English subtitles
  • Country: Japan
  • Comments: The DVD of the 1957 Akira Kurosawa film includes an audio commentary by Donald Richie, documentary about the film from the series "Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create" (33 minutes) and cast biographies. The second DVD is the 1936 Jean Renoir version.
  • Collection: Drama