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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'

Plot: Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Lower Depths" (1957)
Release Date: Friday, October 25 2002
22 years ago
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Cast

Portrait of Masayuki YuiMasayuki Yui. Masayuki Yui was 55 in Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' as 'Narrator'.
Birthday: Sun, Sep 21 1947
Portrait of Akira KurosawaAkira Kurosawa. Akira Kurosawa would have been no older than 88 in Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' as 'Self'.
Birthday: Wed, Mar 23 1910 –
Died: Sun, Sep 06 1998
Portrait of Yoshirō MurakiYoshirō Muraki. Yoshirō Muraki was 78 in Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' as 'Self'.
Birthday: Fri, Aug 15 1924 –
Died: Mon, Oct 26 2009
Portrait of Kyōko KagawaKyōko Kagawa. Kyōko Kagawa was 70 in Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' as 'Self'.
Birthday: Sat, Dec 05 1931
Portrait of Yū FujikiYū Fujiki. Yū Fujiki was 71 in Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' as 'Self'.
Birthday: Mon, Mar 02 1931 –
Died: Mon, Dec 19 2005
Portrait of Yoshio TsuchiyaYoshio Tsuchiya. Yoshio Tsuchiya was 75 in Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' as 'Self'.
Birthday: Wed, May 18 1927 –
Died: Wed, Feb 08 2017
Portrait of Takeshi KatōTakeshi Katō. Takeshi Katō was 73 in Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' as 'Self'.
Birthday: Fri, May 24 1929 –
Died: Fri, Jul 31 2015

Crew

Portrait of Yoshinari OkamotoYoshinari Okamoto. Yoshinari Okamoto was >> in Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' as 'Writer, Director'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Masayuki YuiMasayuki Yui. Masayuki Yui was 55 in Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' as 'Writer, Producer'
Birthday: Sun, Sep 21 1947
Portrait of Teruyo NogamiTeruyo Nogami. Teruyo Nogami was 75 in Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' as 'Producer'
Birthday: Tue, May 24 1927