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Drunken Angel

Original title: 醉いどれ天使

1948 · NR · 1h 38m

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

7.6

TMDB audience score
324 votes, out of 10

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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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Cast

  • Takashi Shimura
    Sanada

  • Toshirō Mifune
    Matsunaga

  • Reizaburo Yamamoto
    Okada

  • Michiyo Kogure
    Nanae

  • Chieko Nakakita
    Miyo

  • Noriko Sengoku
    Gin

  • Shizuko Kasagi
    Singer

  • Eitarō Shindō
    Takahama

  • Masao Shimizu
    Oyabun

  • Taiji Tonoyama
    Shop Proprietor

  • Yoshiko Kuga
    Schoolgirl

  • Chōko Iida
    Bâya

  • Isao Ubukata
    Punk

  • Akira Tani
    Yakuza Follower

  • Sachio Sakai
    Guitar Player

  • Tateo Kawasaki
    Flower Shop Proprietor

  • Mayuri Mokushô
    Daughter at Flower Shop

  • Toshiko Kawakubo
    Dancer