Drunken Angel
dir. Akira Kurosawa
78
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In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculosis, forging an uneasy bond that’s tested when the gangster’s ruthless former boss returns and drags him back toward the swampy underworld he can’t escape.
Directed byAkira Kurosawa
StarringTakashi Shimura, Toshirō Mifune, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Michiyo Kogure, Chieko Nakakita, Noriko Sengoku
Written byKeinosuke Uekusa, Akira Kurosawa
CinematographyTakeo Itō
EditingAkikazu Kono
MusicFumio Hayasaka
Drunken Angel
1948 · NR · 1h 38m
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In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculosis, forging an uneasy bond that’s tested when the gangster’s ruthless former boss returns and drags him back toward the swampy underworld he can’t escape.
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