The Lower Depths (1957)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Cinematography by Kazuo Yamasaki
137 min49 frames
Drama
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What is The Lower Depths about?
Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off his affair with landlady Osugi to romance her younger sister, Okayo, Osugi extracts her revenge by revealing her infidelity to her jealous husband.
The Lower Depths is a 1957 Japanese film directed, produced, and edited by Akira Kurosawa, who co-wrote the screenplay with Hideo Oguni based on the 1902 play The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky. The setting was changed for the film from late 19th-century Russia to Edo period Japan.
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What does the cinematography of The Lower Depths look like?
Sampled across 49 frames, the coverage of The Lower Depths leans heavily on medium shots (71% of the sample). Cinematographer Kazuo Yamasaki keeps 67% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 57% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame.
What is the color palette of The Lower Depths?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Lower Depths (1957) are #030303, #303030, #929292, #6a6a6a, #cccccc, #4a4a4a — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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