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Drunken Angel (1948)

  
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In this moving, early effort from director/co-writer Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune stars as a sickly criminal who is treated by dedicated doctor Takashi Shimura. Struggling to improve the lives of those around him in the lower-class section of a post-World War II Japanese city, the alcoholic Shimura forges an unlikely bond with the tubercular gangster. Reisaburo Yamamoto, Michiyo Kogure co-star. 98 min. Standard; Soundtrack: Japanese Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; featurettes; more. In Japanese with English subtitles.
 
SKU: D93700
$39.99
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Category:
Foreign
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Rated:
NR
Color:
Black & White
Format: 
DVD Criterion
Closed Captioned:
 No
Cast:  Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Sachio Sakai, Masao Shimizu, Taiji Tonoyama, Noriko Sengoku, Chieko Nakakita, Yoshiko Kuga, Michiyo Kogure, Eitaro Shindo
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