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Drunken Angel — official trailer
What is Drunken Angel about?
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.
Drunken Angel is a 1948 Japanese yakuza film directed by Akira Kurosawa and co-written by Kurosawa and Keinosuke Uekusa. Produced by Toho and starring Takashi Shimura and Toshiro Mifune, it tells the story of the alcoholic doctor Sanada and his yakuza patient Matsunaga. Sanada tries to save Matsunaga from illness and the corruption brought about by the crime in the community while Matsunaga finds himself gradually sidelined within the syndicate and becomes increasingly self-destructive. The film was the first to depict the post-Second World War yakuza and is generally considered to be Kurosawa's first major work.
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Where can you watch Drunken Angel?
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What does the cinematography of Drunken Angel look like?
Across 58 sampled frames, Drunken Angel builds its coverage from medium shots (55% of the sample), with close-ups (16%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Takeo Itō keeps 52% of it in soft, low-key light. 57% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. The production design places the film in the 1940s.
What is the color palette of Drunken Angel?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Drunken Angel (1948) are #8a8a8a, #050505, #4a4a4a, #2d2d2d, #cbcbcb, #6e6e6e — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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