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.
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Written by: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni
Music by: Masaru Satō
Starring: Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyōko Kagawa, Ganjirō Nakamura II, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Akemi Negishi, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Kōji Mitsui, Eijirō Tōno
Genre: Drama
Released: 1957-10-01
Runtime: 125 minutes
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