The Lower Depths

1957 · 130 min · dir. Akira Kurosawa

The Lower Depths is a 1957 Japanese film directed, produced, and edited by Akira Kurosawa, who co-wrote the screenplay with Hideo Oguni 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. Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.