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Drunken Angel

Drunken Angel

1948, Movie, 1h 38min

In this powerful early noir from the great Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune bursts onto the screen as a volatile, tubercular criminal who strikes up an unlikely 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 treacherous time and place, featuring one of the director’s most memorably violent climaxes.

Country: Japan

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Taiji Tonoyama,

Toshirō Mifune,

Takashi Shimura,

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Kasper Løvborg

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9

Kurusawa does noir. Amazing.

4 years ago

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You can stream Drunken Angel on: The Criterion Channel

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Drunken Angel include The Bells in Old Town, Bicycle Thieves, Tokyo Story, Under the Sky of Spain, Germany, Year Zero, The Holly and the Ivy.

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Drunken Angel was released in theaters on December 30, 1959.