

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.
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- Released
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- Language
- Japanese
- japan
- gangster
- yakuza
- doctor
- alcoholic
- tuberculosis
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR30 Dec 1959
FranceFR
- TheatricalU8 Dec 1959
- Physical2 Mar 2016
GermanyDE
- Theatrical128 May 2008
ItalyIT
- TV11 Jan 1986
JapanJP
- Theatrical27 Apr 1948
NetherlandsNL
- TheatricalRe-release19 Jun 1980
- PhysicalDVD13 Apr 2016
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Drunken Angel was released on 27 April 1948.
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CinemaSerf
11/17/2022
Takashi Shimura is impressive in this slightly squalid tale of a dipsomaniac doctor ("Sanada") charged with caring for a population housed in a bombed out part of the city. A large stagnant pond amidst their community is as likely to prove a source of toxicity as the pervading Yakuza activities. Those centre around "Matsunaga" (Toshirô Mifune) who turns up at the surgery with an injured hand. The doctor treats the wo…
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