Drunken Angel (1959)
1959 · Feature film · 97 min · dir. Akira Kurosawa
- Drama
- film noir
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.
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Details
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writer
- Keinosuke Uekusa
- Composer
- Fumio Hayasaka
- Cinematography
- Takeo Itō
- Studio
- TOHO
- Released
- 1948-04-27
- Original title
- 醉いどれ天使
- Running time
- 97 minutes
- Language
- Japanese
- Collection
- Film Noir, Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Akira Kurosawa
- Japanese
- English subtitles
- postwar Japan
Cast & crew
Akira Kurosawa Director
Eitarō Shindō
Michiyo Kogure
Shizuko Kasagi
Masao Shimizu
Yoshiko Kuga
Noriko Sengoku
Takashi Shimura
Toshirō Mifune