Drunken Angel (1948)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Cinematography by Takeo Itō

102 min59 frames

Drama

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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