江户时代的贫民窟，那里住著最贫困的小人物，有妓女、小偷、轿夫、唱戏的。

根据高尔基话剧改编，但故事从俄国搬到了法国。一个贵族因境遇所迫，放弃奢华的生活，搬进巴黎贫民窟，见证了社会底层的“暗无天日”，其中有房东的乖戾、一个想当演员者梦想的破灭，还有年轻人的恋爱。

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Lower Depths" (1957).

The sordid lives of an addict, an ex-con, and a luchador collide when an organ harvesting caper goes very, very wrong.

The sordid lives of an addict, an ex-con, and a luchador collide when an organ harvesting caper goes very, very wrong.

Samy is a Frenchman accused of smuggling counterfeit money from Bulgaria to France. To avoid jail, he becomes an informer for the French police, joining under cover a Bulgarian channel for human trafficking. Gradually, he falls in love with Elka, an underage gypsy prostitute. Torn by the pressure from all sides, he almost turns into an unscrupulous pimp. His feelings for the girl will help him keep the last thing he has – his dignity.

Une communauté de jeunes gens s’organise. Une nuit ils s’opposent à la police venue évacuer un squat d’Africains. Carmen fait la rencontre de Hussain, jeune poète afghan. Fous amoureux, les amants ne se quittent plus. Mais une malédiction plane dans la ville, des papiers portent la mort, des corps tombent. Paniquée à l’idée qu’il se fasse arrêter, Carmen lui interdit de sortir et s’enferme avec lui. Peu à peu, Hussain a le sentiment qu’elle le surveille…

《下层者之王》的别名有：约翰G.阿维德森：下层者之王。

A lonely musician's descent into the shadowy world of a living drug leads to a mysterious island where a battle of body and soul is waged.

华宁大学天台发生坠楼事件，普通女生姜敏手握校草方辰桉的现场录像，以此展开胁迫。姜敏周旋于背负秘密的方辰桉、为亲人追查真相的时赫之间，步步为营，撕开校园等级表象，对抗过往家暴创伤。多方拉扯算计不断，剧情多重反转，姜敏借局势完成自我突围，最终创办公益机构，叩问人性与审判的真正含义。