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Drunken Angel
Film / 1948

Drunken Angel

Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Drama

★ 7.6/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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.

Cast

Takashi ShimuraSanada Toshirō MifuneMatsunaga Reizaburo YamamotoOkada Michiyo KogureNanae Chieko NakakitaMiyo Noriko SengokuGin Shizuko KasagiSinger Eitarō ShindōTakahama Masao ShimizuOyabun Taiji TonoyamaShop Proprietor Yoshiko KugaSchoolgirl Chōko IidaBâya
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Isao UbukataPunk Akira TaniYakuza Follower Sachio SakaiGuitar Player Tateo KawasakiFlower Shop Proprietor Mayuri MokushôDaughter at Flower Shop Toshiko KawakuboDancer Haruko ToyamaDancer Yukie NanbuDancer Sumire ShirokiAnego Yōko SugiDancer (uncredited)

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