The Lower Depths

Fay 2022-02-07 14:46:18

The time background of this film is relatively vague. Anyway, it is a period drama, or it can be used in any era of modern Japanese history spanning hundreds of years. It can be seen that oppression and exploitation are common. The director reflected in the opening subtitles that it was a tribute...

Shanie 2022-02-07 14:46:18

"Everyone has dignity, and no one wants mercy. People should not just feed their stomachs when they live!" - Soviet drama "In the Bottom Line"

In 1957, Akira Kurosawa's "Lower", based on the screenplay of the same name by the Soviet writer Maxim Gorky, was not well received. Unlike Akira Kurosawa's...

Alta 2022-04-21 09:03:29

Like "Trolley Madness", it shows the group portrait of the people at the bottom, and the whole still conveys a feeling of having fun in the midst of hardship. The scheduling in the limited space is the highlight, and the performance is still too exaggerated.

Therese 2022-04-19 09:02:54

The text is poorly readable, and still has the same problem with the adaptation of "The Idiot," the ultra-left angry youth. The form of indoor drama, with an inclination of expressionism, should show the sudden collapse of the mansion and the incompetence of the people. It is basically a model of "Trolley Maniac" and "Rain Stopped". The former is a mere formality, and the latter is not directed by me. It's a pity that Kurosawa is more comfortable in shooting bottom maggots than in the early genre films, such as bottom couples, drug addicts, antisocial personality. Yamada is much older.