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Drunken Angel

7.6(324)19481h 38m5

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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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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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

    7/10

    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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