Drunken Angel

1948
8.2
Drunken Angel
Poster Drunken Angel

Title: Drunken Angel

Original Title: Yoidore tenshi

Year: 1948

Info

  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 98 Minutes (1 hour 38 min)
  • Genre: Crime Drama Thriller
  • Age rating: PG (Parental guidance)

Release Dates

  • United States: December 30 1959

Plot

Toshiro Mifune bursts onto the screen as a volatile, tuberculosis-infected criminal who strikes up an unlikely, unhealthy relationship with Takashi Shimura s jaded physician. Set in and around the muddy swamps and back alleys of postwar Tokyo, Drunken Angel is an evocative, moody snapshot of a volatile time and place, featuring one of the director s most memorably violent climaxes.

Cast

Director:

Akira KurosawaAkira Kurosawa

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