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Jul 3, 2024 · Maxim Gorky’s play, “The Lower Depths,” remains a profound examination of the human condition. Written in the early 20th century, it offers an unflinchingly realistic portrayal of society’s underbelly by delving into the lives of those living on the margins.
Jul 10, 2024 · Audio commentary on Kurosawa’s The Lower Depths featuring Japanese-film expert Donald Richie (A Hundred Years of Japanese Film) A 33-minute documentary on Kurosawa’s The Lower Depths from the series Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create, including interviews with Akira Kurosawa, actress Kyoko Kagawa, art director Yoshiro Muraki, and ...
3 days ago · The Lower Depths (1957) Working with his most celebrated actor, Toshiro Mifune, Akira Kurosawa faithfully adapts Maxim Gorky’s classic proletariat play, keeping the original’s focus on the conflict between illusion and reality.
Jul 5, 2024 · The movie follows editors of the French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun. That paper doesn't actually exist. The real-life inspiration for it, though, is the New Yorker, which very much does exist.
Jul 4, 2024 · Kurosawa Akira, first Japanese film director to win international acclaim, noted for such films as Rashomon (1950), Ikiru (1952), Seven Samurai (1954), Throne of Blood (1957), Kagemusha (1980), and Ran (1985). Learn more about Kurosawa’s life and career.
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Jul 4, 2024 · A highly versatile actor, he also starred in Kurosawa’s adaptations of three Western literary classics: Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel The Idiot, titled Hakuchi (1951); Shakespeare’s Macbeth, titled Kumonosu-jo (1957; Throne of Blood); and Maxim Gorky’s play The Lower Depths, titled Donzoko (1957).
5 days ago · In 1976, he saw a production of Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths (Played by Tatsuya Nakadai) and was inspired, first to watch, and then later to take part in, as many plays as possible.
