The lower depths [dvd] = Donzoko
The lower depths どん底2007
DVDs
A revival of Gorky's classic proletarian drama about human flotsam living in a Moscow dosshouse. The film remains faithful to the text while transplanting the play into Tokyo of the Edo period, a setting which is deliberately ironic because it is a period that is usually romanticised by the Japanese. The film focuses on a slum tenement where prostitutes, actors, gamblers and thieves bewail their lot in life. Osugi, the landlady, fights with her sister, Okayo, over the man they both desire, the thief Sutekichi.
Author:
Imprint:
[Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment [distributor], [2007], c1957.
Collation:
1 videodisc (DVD) (125 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Series:
Directors suite
Notes:
Based on the play by Maxim Gorky.Special features include: selected commentary by Monash University cinema academic Freda Freiberg ; image gallery.Eastern Eye: MMA2587.Originally released as a motion picture Japan : Toho Company, c1957.Soundtrack in Japanese, with optional subtitles available in English.
Credits:
Director, Akira Kurosawa ; screenplay, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni.
Performers:
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyoko Kagawa.
System details:
DVD, Region 4, PAL.
Language:
JapaneseEnglish
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Subject:
BRN:
25952
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | DVD | LOWE | On loan - Due: 10 Jul 2026 |