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Lower Depths (The) AKA Donzoko (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.Director: Akira Kurosawa
OVERALL: Draw-
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Part of the 25 film 25 disc "AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa" which includes "Sanshiro Sugata" (1943), "The Most Beautiful" (1944), "Sanshiro Sugata Part Two" (1945), "The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail" (1945), "No Regrets for Our Youth" (1946), "One Wonderful Sunday" (1947), "Drunken Angel" (1948), "Stray Dog" (1949), "Scandal" (1950), "Rashomon" (1950), "The Idiot" (1951), "Ikiru" (1952), "Seven Samurai" (1954), "I Live in Fear" (1955), "Throne of Blood" (1957), "The Lower Depths" (1957), "The Hidden Fortress" (1958), "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960), "Yojimbo" (1961), "Sanjuro" (1962), "High and Low" (1963), "Red Beard" (1965), "Dodes’ka-den" (1970), "Kagemusha" (1980), "Madadayo" (1993).
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Extras:DISC ONE
* "The Lower Depths" directed by Akira Kurosawa (1957)
Audio commentary with Donald Richie (Japanese-film expert, and author of A Hundred Years of Japanese Film)
“Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create - The Lower Depths” documentary (32:57)
Cast biographies by Stephen Prince (author of The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa) (text pages)
- Toshiro Mifune
- Isuzu Yamada
- Kyoko Kagawa
- Ganjiro Nakamura
- Minoru Chiaki
- Kamatari Fujiwara
- Akemi Negishi
- Koji Mitsui
- Eijiro Tono
- Eiko Miyoshi
- Bozuken Hidari
DISC TWO
* "The Lower Depths" directed by Jean Renoir (1936)
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Only available as part of the two-disc set "The Lower Depths", together with Jean Renoir’s 1936 version ("Les Bas-Fonds")
Includes a 20 page booklet (which also covers the Renoir film), featuring a new essay by Keiko McDonald (From Book to Screen: Modern Japanese Literature in Films) and Thomas Rimer (A Reader’s Guide to Japanese Literature) -
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Extras:Weblink
Credits -
Subtitles:French (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.37:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese DTS 2.0 mono
Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also available in a combo pack with the Blu-ray.
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Extras:Introduction by Jean Douchet (3:30)
Akira Kurosawa Biography/Filmography -
Subtitles:French
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Part of the 5-disc set "Coffret Akira Kurosawa", which includes "Seven Samurai", "Yojimbo", "After the Rain", "Ikiru", and "The Lower Depths".
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Extras:Slideshow (1:08)
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Subtitles:German (forced)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* “Ikiru” (1952)
DISC TWO
* “I Live in Fear” (1955)
DISC THREE
* “The Lower Depths”
DISC FOUR
* “Red Beard” (1965)
DISC FIVE
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Only available in the "Kurosawa: Classic Collection".
Includes a 26-page booklet. -
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Commentaries:Select-scene audio commentary by Freda Freiberg
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Extras:Gallery - (1:05)
Trailers:
- "An Autumn Afternoon"
- "Tokyo Story"
- "The Quiet Duel"
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Case type:Keep Case
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OVERALL: Draw
The US release has the lengthiest selection of extras.
The Australian release has select scene commentary.
The French Opening release has an exclusive introduction.
For audio the French Wild Side release has a DTS track.
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CUTS:
- R1 AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (124:32 NTSC).
- R1 The Lower Depths America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (124:52 NTSC).
- R2 France- Wild Side Video - No cuts (119:58 PAL).
- R2 Coffret Akira Kurosawa France- Fravidis / Opening - No cuts
- R2 Germany- New KSM - No cuts (124:45 NTSC->PAL).
- R2 Kurosawa: Classic Collection United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts (119:32 PAL).
- R4 Australia- Madman Entertainment - No cuts (124:04 NTSC->PAL)
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Comparison added by The Rewind Team on 23/07/04
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 31/12/19UPDATE LOG:
04/12/14: Addition of the UK, Australian releases, updated the Criterion specs, added DVDBeaver link.
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06/05/19: Added France Wild Side, Germany.
31/12/19: Updated French Wild Side.
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