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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.
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Checked Sep 2, 2026
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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 ShimuraSanada
Toshirō MifuneMatsunaga
Michiyo KogureNanae
Chieko NakakitaMiyo
Noriko SengokuGin
Shizuko KasagiSinger
Eitarō ShindōTakahamaCredits
- Directed by
- Akira Kurosawa
- Written by
- Akira Kurosawa, Keinosuke Uekusa
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- 醉いどれ天使
Production
TOHOJapan
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