Drunken Angel

About Drunken Angel

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.

Akira Kurosawa's Drunken Angel is a 1948 drama film. The film is filed under alcoholic, yakuza, tuberculosis, and gangster.

Takashi Shimura takes the lead as Sanada, Toshirō Mifune as Matsunaga, Reizaburo Yamamoto as Okada, and Michiyo Kogure as Nanae. At 98 minutes long, it arrived in April 1948.

The screenplay is by Akira Kurosawa and Keinosuke Uekusa. It streams on Criterion Channel in the United States.

Black Rain, Boiling Point, and Dead or Alive make useful companions to Drunken Angel, all filed under japan. TMDB voters put it at 7.6 out of 10 across 324 votes and it carries a NR rating.