Topics Drama, Comedy, Alcoholism, Gambling, Adultery, Suicides, Poverty, Peasants, Landlords, Landladies, Travelers, Diseases, Betrayal Language Japanese. The doctor's life is destroyed, but unlike the patient, he doesn't destroy others along with him. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. Produced by the Moscow Arts Theatre on December 18, 1902, the play … In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern. The Lower Depths (どん底, Donzoko) is a 1957 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, based on the 1902 play The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nevertheless, his energy and effort still make his performance believable- if incongruous. The Lower depths Updated / Friday, 13 Apr 2012 10:24. The Lower Depths is the best known of Maxim Gorky’s plays. Sutekichi, a thief who arguably is the leader among the tenants, and Osugi are carrying on an ... Film Review: The Hidden Fortress (1958) by Akira Kurosawa, Stream of the Day: Akira Kurosawa’s ‘The Hidden Fortress’ Is More Than the Movie That Inspired ‘Star Wars’, ‘Parasite’ Puts Modern Spin on Film’s Long History of Haves vs Have-Nots, 35 Films from the Golden Age of Japanese Cinema. The Lower Depths The Lower Depths (Russian: На дне, Na dne, literally: 'At the bottom') is perhaps the best known of Maxim Gorky's plays. In 1861, under the Edict of Emancipation, Alexander IIfreed peasants from serfdom. This FAQ is empty. Damián Szifron’s Wild Tales is a carnival of melancholy, melodrama and the polymorphously perverse. The Lower Depths has been variously viewed as one of the groundbreaking realistic and naturalistic works of modern literature that gave voice and stature to the marginalized and invisible, as a visionary and spiritual affirmation and negation of human and social perfectibility, and as effective propaganda for multiple (and contradictory) philosophical and social positions. In medieval Japan, aging Rokubei, his younger wife of four years Osugi and her uncle run a tenement complex at the bottom of a cliff, the complex which from the naked eye at the top of the cliff looks like nothing more than a rubbish heap. The story takes place in the outskirts of Paris in a poorhouse where Pépel (Jean Gabin), a thief, is planning a raiding. Jean Renoir and Akira Kurosawa, two of cinema's greatest directors, transform Maxim Gorky's classic proletariat play The Lower Depths in their own ways for their own times. A surgeon gets syphilis from a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. Meanwhile the thief seeks the love of a young woman, who is held emotionally captive by her slumlord family. 1957, Drama, 2h 5m. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Drama. 1957. From Wings to Parasite, here's a look back at all of the Best Picture Oscar winners in the history of the ceremony. A charismatic thief makes friends with a bankrupt baron who comes to live in the thief's slum. LOWER DEPTHS (1936) by Jeam Renoir Lower Depths is an intricate story of poverty and those who fall into the deepest of socioeconomic despair based on the writer Maxim Gorky's play with the same name. Sep 26, 2013 - Explore Josh Cragun's board "The Lower Depths" on Pinterest. It was first performed on stage in 1946. In this classic adaptation of Emile Zola's novel, a tortured train engineer falls in love with a troubled married woman who has helped her husband commit a murder. This FAQ is empty. The Lower Depths. Meanwhile the thief seeks the love of a young woman, who is held emotionally captive by her slumlord family. The play’s proposed titles were Without the Sun, The Doss House, The Bottom, In the Life’s Depths, with proposed subtitles “Scenes” and “Scenes from Russian Life Was this review helpful to you? The recent arrival of Kahei, a mysterious elderly man, affectionately referred to as Grandpa, who spins tales of the unknown, provides at least hope that there is a better life out there somewhere. A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide. It was written in late 1901 and early 1902. The Lower Depths 2 The Lower Depths Act 1 (end) 21:24. Title: A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer. View production, box office, & company info. Serfs were emancipated from servitude to nobles in much the same way blacks would soon be released from slavery in the American South: with little or no support to smooth the economic transition. The setting was changed for the film from late 19th-century Russia to Edo period Japan. The film treats the imprisoning hold of poverty; the disheartening odds of people rising from such social despair, and the ease in which those in the upper spheres of Society may descend. During a Sunday trip into war-ravaged Tokyo, despairing Yuzo and optimistic Masako look for work and lodging, as well as affordable entertainments to pass the time. Donzoko/The Lower Depths (1957 Japan 125 mins). It's not in the same league as Grand Illusion and Rules of the Game, but very good. The Lower Depths is a Jean Renoir film based on the Max Gorky play, of which there is also a Kurosawa version. This is not an ensemble acting piece like Kurosawa's, but very much a Gabin star vehicle. In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Four of 5 stars. The Lower Depths, also translated as A Night’s Lodging and At the Bottom, drama in four acts by Maxim Gorky, performed in 1902 and published in the same year as Na dne. Les Adams . Written by Polish countess Elena falls in love to a French radical party's candidate, a general, in pre-World War I Paris, but another officer pines for her. During their last caper, the gang has accidentally murdered a jewel thief, and the heat is on. Check out our editors' picks for the movies and shows we're excited about this month, like Mortal Kombat, "Them," and Stowaway. Partly because “The Lower Depths” is a more faithful rendering of the original than “Night Lodging” and partly because it implies so vividly the play’s keynote as the shrewd Huneker detected it beneath a guise alien to both Russian and English, the title adopted by Laurence Irving for the British version has been preferred for its introduction to American audiences by the company which … Nevertheless, this film is one of his most well-crafted ensemble films. Use the HTML below. Jean Renoir and Akira Kurosawa, two of cinema's greatest directors, transform Maxim Gorky's classic proletariat play The Lower Depths in their own ways for their own times. In medieval Japan, aging Rokubei, his younger wife of four years Osugi and her uncle run a tenement complex at the bottom of a cliff, the complex which from the naked eye at the top of the cliff looks like nothing more than a rubbish heap. The tenants are a group of down-and-outers with some who operate on the far side of the law. First, I must provide the obligatory warning that this film is absolutely not a good film for introducing a viewer to the power of Kurosawa. Similarly, Kamatari Fujiwara's powerfully sympathetic performance as the alcoholic actor is another surprising demonstration by an actor who had, hitherto, been cast in unsympathetic- even adversarial roles in previous Kurosawa films. Title: Use the HTML below. An aging Japanese industrialist becomes so fearful of nuclear war that it begins to take a toll on his life and family. 4 The Lower Depths Act 2 (end) 19:07. Check out our editors' picks for the movies and shows we're excited about this month, like Mortal Kombat, "Them," and Stowaway. Intentionally theatrical and stage-like, The Lower Depths is one of his most rigorously controlled and artfully composed films, the visual storytelling and near constant poetic manipulation of mise en scene is staggering—it may be a series of static images within confined spaces, but within these images is dynamism and irrefutable artistry. A Japanese veteran, driven partially mad from the war, travels to the snowy island of Hokkaido where he soon enters a love triangle with his best friend and a disgraced woman. And More TV Qs, 35 Films from the Golden Age of Japanese Cinema. View production, box office, & company info. The other inhabitants of the flophouse, with a few exceptions, are not as delineated as in the Kurosawa version. Is The Underworld Not Hot as Hell? The play is set in the late 19th century in a dilapidated flophouse and examines society’s outcasts. Written in the winter of 1901 into the spring of 1902, it depicts a group of poor Russians living in a shelter near the Volga. The tenants are a group of down-and-outers with some who operate on the far side of the law. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. 5 The Lower Depths Act 3 22:07. 7 The Lower Depths Act 4 20:17. In part, I think, it is my reaction to a socialistic morality play brought to the silver screen. The growing pains of three young women contrast with the immutability of the holy Bengal River, around which their daily lives unfold. The Lower Depths ( 1957) The Lower Depths. The period in which Gorki lived and wrote The Lower Depths was the end of a long period of repression and unrest in Russia, during which the czardom increasingly became an autocracy which governed by force. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Lower Depths. 13 of 16 people found this review helpful. IN JAPANESE W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES!!! After his comic-relief roles in the more well known films "Ikiru" and "Seven Samurai", this role is Hidari's chance to show his own version of wisdom and authority. LOWER DEPTHS (1936) by Jeam Renoir Lower Depths is an intricate story of poverty and those who fall into the deepest of socioeconomic despair based on the writer Maxim Gorky's play with the same name. As one comes to expect from Isuzu Yamada, her character is a feisty and commanding presence that drives the plot along.Toshiro Mifune, however, was not the best choice for his role as the petty thief- try as he might to look like a immature and puerile common criminal , the false swagger fails to hide the actor's inherent dignity. Distinguished by its sobriety, its pathos, and by the theatrical brilliance of its presentation, the film is also one of the finest examples of ensemble acting in Japanese cinema. Internet Archive. 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