Drunken Angel
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Starring Takashi Shimura, Toshirō Mifune, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Michiyo Kogure, Chieko Nakakita, Noriko Sengoku, Shizuko Kasagi, Eitarō Shindō, Masao Shimizu, Taiji Tonoyama
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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.
- Original title
- 醉いどれ天使
- Original language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Screenplay
- Keinosuke Uekusa, Akira Kurosawa
- Music
- Fumio Hayasaka
- Cinematography
- Takeo Itō
- Cast
- Michiyo Kogure, Chieko Nakakita, Noriko Sengoku, Shizuko Kasagi, Eitarō Shindō, Masao Shimizu, Taiji Tonoyama
Updated August 14, 2026
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