Ep. 276 Akira Kurosawa's Drunken Angel (1948)
Update: 2025-08-21
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Drunken Angel (醉いどれ天使, Yoidore Tenshi) is a 1948 Japanese yakuza film directed by Akira Kurosawa, and co-written by Kurosawa and Keinosuke Uekusa. Produced by Toho and starring Takashi Shimura and Toshiro Mifune, it tells the story of alcoholic doctor Sanada, and his recidivist yakuza patient Matsunaga. Sanada tries to save Matsunaga from illness and the corruption of the yakuza while Matsunaga finds himself gradually sidelined within the yakuza syndicate and becomes increasingly self-destructive. The film was the first to depict the post–War yakuza and is generally considered to be Kurosawa's first major work.
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