Drama · Japan · 1948 · 1h 38m

Drunken Angel

酔いどれ天使

Drunken Angel poster
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Cast
Takashi Shimura as Sanada Toshirō Mifune as Matsunaga Reizaburo Yamamoto as Okada Michiyo Kogure as Nanae Chieko Nakakita as Miyo Noriko Sengoku as Gin
Crew
Takeo Itō — Director of Photography Akikazu Kono — Editor Fumio Hayasaka — Original Music Composer Keinosuke Uekusa — Writer Akira Kurosawa — Writer Sōjirō Motoki — Producer
Synopsis

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.

Trailer Drunken Angel — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
japangangsteryakuzadoctoralcoholictuberculosis
Key Collaborators
Akira Kurosawa Director Takeo Itō Director of Photography Akikazu Kono Editor Fumio Hayasaka Original Music Composer Keinosuke Uekusa Writer Akira Kurosawa Writer Sōjirō Motoki Producer Takashi Matsuyama Production Design
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