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Drunken Angel

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Drunken Angel
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NR,1hr 48min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1948
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Toshiro Mifune, Reisaburo Yamamoto, Chieko Nakakita  ...more
Synopsis: Originally titled Yoidore tenshi, Drunken Angel was director Akira Kurosawa's first "auteur" project. "I finally discovered myself," he explained later. "It was my picture: I was doing it and no one else." Takashi Shimura plays an alcoholic doctor, running a fleabitten clinic in the slums of Tokyo. Shimura tries to pull himself together long enough to save the life of young hoodlum Toshiro Mifune. The doctor feels that, by saving Mifune, he is retrieving a portion of his own lost youth and idealism. ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Costello, AMG Review
The breakthrough film for both Kurosawa and key collaborator and alter ego Mifune, it was heralded by Japanese critics as the work of a cinematic master. The story was originally to have centered around the heroic, alcoholic doctor (Takashi Shimura), who runs a clinic for the indigent on the outskirts of a Tokyo slum neighborhood, but Mifune made such a powerful impression on the director that he expanded ... Full Review
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Toshiro Mifune
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Reisaburo Yamamoto
Okada, gang boss
Chieko Nakakita
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