Drunken Angel

1948 98 min Drama

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.

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director Akira Kurosawa

writers Keinosuke Uekusa, Akira Kurosawa

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