Origin vs The Lower Depths

Origin has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for The Lower Depths). Origin is the shorter watch at 5m compared with 2h 5m. The Lower Depths is the older of the two (1957 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Origin posterOrigin2024 VS The Lower Depths posterThe Lower Depths1957
OriginThe Lower Depths
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 7.0/10
Year20241957
Length5m2h 5m
GenresDrama, HorrorDrama
CountryGB–
DirectorJoby StephensAkira Kurosawa
Main castImmy Taylor, Emma HutchingsIsuzu Yamada, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yū Fujiki, Toshirō Mifune, Eijirō Tōno

Synopsis

Origin

1896. Left behind in the family manor, young Mary plays hide and seek with the servant, Beth. But as the game unfolds, she realises Beth isn’t the only one searching for her… Something else is lurking in the dark. And it’s ready to play.

The Lower Depths

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.

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