Drunken Angel (1948)
- Starring:
- Toshiro Mifune, Reisaburo Yamamoto, (more)
- Director(s):
- Akira Kurosawa
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Drunken Angel
Originally titled Yoidore tenshi, Drunken Angel was director Akira Kurosawa's first "auteur" project. "I finally discovered myself," he explained later. "It was my picture: I was doing it and no one else." Takashi Shimura plays an alcoholic doctor, running a fleabitten clinic in the slums of Tokyo. Shimura tries to pull himself together long enough to save the life of young hoodlum Toshiro Mifune. The doctor feels that, by saving Mifune, he is retrieving a portion of his own lost youth and idealism. Kurosawa later observed that he had trouble corraling Tohsiro Mifune's improvisational instincts, but that "I did not want to smother that vitality." The end result in Drunken Angel is a supremely satisfying blend of Mifune's rapid-fire excesses and Kurosawa's even-handed control. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 98 mins
Complete Cast of Drunken Angel
- Toshiro Mifune - Matsunaga
- Chieko Nakakita - Miyo
- Choko Iida - Old Servant
- Michiyo Kogure - Nanae
- Yoshiko Kuga
- Reisaburo Yamamoto - Okada, gang boss
- Noriko Sengoku - Gin
- Eitaro Shindo - Takahama
- Takashi Shimura - Dr. Sanada
- Director(s):
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writer(s):
- Akira Kurosawa, Keinosuke Uegusa
- Producer(s):
- Shojiro Motoki, Akira Kurosawa
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