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"Drunken Angel"
1948
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Takashi Shimura plays a doctor who tries to bring about the spiritual and
physical recovery of the human debris who live in the ashes of a poor
quarter of Tokyo immediately after the war. Toshiro Mifune is an uprooted
petty gambler and black-marketeer committed to life outside the law. "Akira
Kurosawa's first critical success is an odd blend of American film noir and
Italian neorealism" (Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader). Japanese with
English subtitles. 98 minutes. |
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