黑泽明根据高尔基在1902年写的舞台剧本改编。它讲述一群处在社会底层的人们的痛苦生活。一个和尚抱着救世之心来帮助他们摆脱酗酒、卖淫和偷盗的生活，去追求更美好的未来。他的努力却是徒劳和失败的，结果只是暴力、谋杀和自杀....
黑泽明没有把影片处理成一部低沉的悲剧，相反却是以滑稽的喜剧手法表现了这群小人物的悲惨生活，而达到更深刻有力的效果。
Directed by acclaimed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa(Ikiru,Rashomon),this poignant adaptation of Maxim Gorky's play studies a group of destitute people sharing a hovel.Kurosawa creates a brilliant spectrum of characters who differ from one another in degrees of hope,resignation,and compassion:the landlady (Isuzu Yamada)in love with a thief,the thief (Toshiro Mifune,Rashomon)spurned by the landlady's sister,the gambler,the prostitute,and many others .Through their interactions,Kurosawa explores illusion and delusion ,delighting in each person's ability to create an image of himself that doesn't match reality.Quite different from Jean Renoir's film of The Lower Depths,this version is more feithful to the play and is infused with humor.It has been praised espeially for its remarkable ensemble acting and visual fluidity.
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区码：6区
音频格式：杜比数字AC-3
画面尺寸：4:3
色彩：黑白
