Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
146 audience votes
Key crew
- Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer
- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
- Hideo OguniScreenplay
Cast
- Toshirō MifuneSutekichi the Thief
- Isuzu YamadaOsugi the Landlady
- Kyōko KagawaOkayo, Osugi's Sister
- Ganjirō Nakamura IIRokubei, Osugi's Husband
- Minoru ChiakiFormer Samurai
- Kamatari FujiwaraThe Actor
- Akemi NegishiOsen the Prostitute
- Nijiko KiyokawaOtaki the Candy-Seller
- Kōji MitsuiYoshisaburo the Gambler
- Eijirō TōnoTomekichi the Tinker
- Haruo TanakaTatsu
- Eiko MiyoshiAsa, Tomekichi's Wife
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Themes
based on novel or bookslumlove trianglelandlordlandladyjidaigekiedo periodphilosophicalclass struggleslum dwellerslandlady tenant relationshipbakumatsu