Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyoko Kagawa
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.
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really intersting film. a movie by kurosawa about poverty and the people who live in it. there are some very profound things in this film and i think it really helps one to understand an impoverished mind set. to see people living like this is troubling, and kurosawa did a gre...( read more)
Much, much darker than Renoir's take at Gorky's play. There is no redemption for the characters nor is a shred of hope left at the film's conclusion. It is really one of Kurosawa's most depressing works. The characters range from those who know their lives are doomed, to those wh...( read more)
Toshiro Mifune in martial arts movies = good stuff. Toshiro Mifune in lame Japanese dramas = not so much.
A great adaptation of a classic play. Funny, tragic and intelligent with a mosaic of varied characters. Mifune's finest performance (and it's a supporting role!)
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