

Drunken Angel
1948 · Movie · 1h 38m · NR
Drama
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Key crew
- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Keinosuke UekusaWriter
- Akira KurosawaWriter
- Fumio HayasakaOriginal Music Composer
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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Themes
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