Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Fumio Hayasaka
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Takeo Itō
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Keinosuke UekusaWriter
- Akira KurosawaWriter
- Original title
- 醉いどれ天使
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 27, 1948
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Cast
Takashi ShimuraSanada
Toshirō MifuneMatsunaga- Reizaburo YamamotoOkada
Michiyo KogureNanae
Chieko NakakitaMiyo
Noriko SengokuGin
Shizuko KasagiSinger
Eitarō ShindōTakahama
Masao ShimizuOyabun
Taiji TonoyamaShop Proprietor
Yoshiko KugaSchoolgirl
Chōko IidaBâya- Isao UbukataPunk
- Akira TaniYakuza Follower
Sachio SakaiGuitar Player- Tateo KawasakiFlower Shop Proprietor
Mayuri MokushôDaughter at Flower Shop- Toshiko KawakuboDancer
- Haruko ToyamaDancer
- Yukie NanbuDancer
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