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The Lower Depths (Original screenplay for the 1957 film) by Akira Kurosawa (director); Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura (starring); Maxim Gorky (play); Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto (screenwriters) - 1957

by Akira Kurosawa (director); Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura (starring); Maxim Gorky (play); Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto (screenwriters)

The Lower Depths (Original screenplay for the 1957 film) by Akira Kurosawa (director); Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura (starring); Maxim Gorky (play); Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto (screenwriters) - 1957

The Lower Depths (Original screenplay for the 1957 film)

by Akira Kurosawa (director); Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura (starring); Maxim Gorky (play); Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto (screenwriters)

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Tokyo: Toho Company, 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. All titles and text in Japanese.

Based on the 1902 play by Maxim Gorky, and filmed several times prior, most notably by Jean Renoir in 1936. In Kurosawa's version, the story is moved from Gorky's Volga (Russia) setting to the Edo period in Japan.

Off-white perfect-bound titled wrappers, with a protective plastic cover adhered to the spine. Approximately 53 leaves, with last page of text numbered c-29. Mimeograph duplication, printed on rectos and versos. Pages lightly age toned else Near Fine, wrapper and protective cover Very Good plus.

Criterion Collection 239.
  • Seller Royal Books, Inc. US (US)
  • Book Condition Used
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Publisher Toho Company
  • Place of Publication Tokyo
  • Date Published 1957
  • Keywords Film Scripts | Films Based on Plays | Japanese Cinema | World Cinema | 1950s Cinema | Directors | Social Justice, Radical, and Proletarian Interest

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