Drunken Angel

醉いどれ天使

1948 · 98 min · ★ 7.6 / 10 · 323 votes

Drama

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 Shimura · Toshirō Mifune · Reizaburo Yamamoto · Michiyo Kogure · Chieko Nakakita · Noriko Sengoku · Shizuko Kasagi · Eitarō Shindō · Masao Shimizu · Taiji Tonoyama

Director

Akira Kurosawa