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Drunken Angel

1948 • 1h 38m •
Drama
MOVIEVIBE Rating
★ 7.6/10
320 reviews
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Drunken Angel

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.

Top Billed Cast

Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura
Sanada
Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Matsunaga
Reizaburo Yamamoto
Reizaburo Yamamoto
Okada
Michiyo Kogure
Michiyo Kogure
Nanae
Chieko Nakakita
Chieko Nakakita
Miyo
Noriko Sengoku
Noriko Sengoku
Gin
Shizuko Kasagi
Shizuko Kasagi
Singer
Eitarō Shindō
Eitarō Shindō
Takahama

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2022-11-17

Takashi Shimura is impressive in this slightly squalid tale of a dipsomaniac doctor ("Sanada") charged with caring for a population housed in a bombed out part of the city. A large stagnant pond amidst their community is as likely to prove a source of toxicity as the pervading Yakuza activities. Those centre around "Matsunaga" (Toshirô Mifune) who turns up at the surgery with an injured hand. The doctor treats the wound but also suggest that the man might want to get treated for what he suspects is a case of tuberculosis. The two men fight - verbally and physically - and things continue to wo...