The Lower Depths (1962)Stream and Watch Online

Looking to feast your eyes on 'The Lower Depths' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Akira Kurosawa-directed movie via subscription can be a huge pain, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'The Lower Depths' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'The Lower Depths' right now, here are some particulars about the TOHO drama flick.

Released February 9th, 1962, 'The Lower Depths' stars Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyōko Kagawa, Ganjirô Nakamura II The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 5 min, and received a user score of 71 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 121 knowledgeable users.

Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off his affair with landlady Osugi to romance her younger sister, Okayo, Osugi extracts her revenge by revealing her infidelity to her jealous husband."

'The Lower Depths' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Criterion Channel .