The Lower Depths '36 & '57 Criterion doubles up on a classic play by Maxim Gorky: a depression-era French version by Jean Renoir, and a '50s Japanese interpretation from Akira Kurosawa. Some interesting alternate views of the same material, starring Jean Gabin and Toshiro Mifune.   7/07/04 Posted by DVD Savant at July 08, 2004 07:51 AM