Drunken Angel
1948 · 98 min
Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Written by Akira Kurosawa. Starring Takashi Shimura, Toshirō Mifune, Reizaburô Yamamoto, Michiyo Kogure.
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.
Critics 94% · audiences 88% · streaming on Criterion Channel, Plex, Fawesome