Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
2002, Japanese. Directed by Yoshinari Okamoto.
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Lower Depths" (1957).
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- 0h 33m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 25 October 2002
- Original title
- 黒澤明～創ると云う事は素晴らしい～どん底
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Yoshinari Okamoto, Masayuki Yui
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' (2002) was directed by Yoshinari Okamoto and stars Masayuki Yui, Akira Kurosawa, Yoshirō Muraki.