JAPAN · 1948

Drunken Angel

Akira Kurosawa
Japanese Golden Age yakuza underworld tuberculosis and mortality redemption and second chances postwar tokyo doctor patient relationship
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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.

Year1948
CountryJapan
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
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