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The Lower Depths

1957 · Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Japan

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The Lower Depths

Japan · 1957

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Scorsese: 'A masterful, epic work and one of the most generous pictures ever made, it reminds you of all the ways that cinema can be a truly noble art form. You see the influence of John Ford here, and the lessons Kurosawa learned from Renoir in *The Lower Depths*.'

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