Actor (also for The Unbalanced Wheel). Reception In 2009 the film was voted at No. 36 on the list of The Greatest Japanese Films of All Time by Japanese film magazine Kinema Junpo.The Lower Depths has an 83% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on six critics' opinions. See also The Lower Depths, Jean Renoir's 1936 French film, also based on the play. Souls on the Road'', a 1921 Japanese film directed by Minoru Murata based on the same play. References External links Akira Kurosawa’s The Lower Depths an essay by Keiko McDonald & Thomas Rimer at the Criterion Collection 1957 films 1957 drama films Films based on works by Maxim Gorky Films directed by Akira Kurosawa Films scored by Masaru Sato Films set in the Edo period Films with screenplays by Akira Kurosawa Films with screenplays by Hideo Oguni Japanese black-and-white films 1950s Japanese-language films Toho films