The Lower Depths (1957), Akira Kurosawa, C- Jan 4, 2006 | Jordan Hoffman's Movie Journal, Uncategorized | 0 | Kurosawa at his worst — too serious, irritating, ugly-to-look-at, loud and with the subtlety of a petrified log bashing you in the head. Stick with Jean Renoir’s lithe, winning version from 1936.