Lower Depths, The: 2 Disc Special Edition (DVD, Region 1)

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Lower Depths, The: 2 Disc Special Edition

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Synopsis: Ensemble drama about love and revenge among poor residents of hotel. The movie's main character is a thief, and he is the only one who is treated with kindness by the establishment's landlady, who is in love with him. The thief, however, is in love with the landlady's sister. Based on a play by Gorky.

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Directed By:	Akira Kurosawa Jean Renoir	Recommended Retail Price: $USD39.95
Cast:	Junie Astor Jean Gabin Bokuzen Hidari Louis Jouvet Kyoko Kagawa Toshiro Mifune Ganjiro Nakamura Suzy Prim Vladimir Sokoloff Isuzu Yamada
Genre:	Comedy / Drama / Foreign
Running Time:	125 minutes
Year of Production:	1957
Disc Release Date:	June 22, 2004
UPC:	37429181324 (or 037429181324)

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(Les Bas-fonds) Jean Renoir 1936
Introduction to the film by Jean Renoir
A new essay by film scholar Alexander Sesonske, author of Jean Renoir: The French Films 1924-1939
(Donzoko) Akira Kurosawa 1957
Audio commentary featuring Japanese-film expert Donald Richie, author of A Hundred Years of Japanese Film
A 33-minute documentary on The Lower Depths from the series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create, including interviews with Kurosawa, actress Kyoko Kagawa, art director Yoshiro Muraki, and others
Cast Biographies by Stephen Price, author of The Warriors Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa
A new essay by authors 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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Disc:	Type:
1:	Single Sided, Dual Layer

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Track:	Language:	Details:
1:	French
2:	Japanese
3:	Commentary

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English

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