#413: KUROSAWA, Akira: Drunken Angel (1948)
KUROSAWA, Akira (Japan)
Kurosawa and the Censors
Drunken Angel [1948]
Spine #413
DVD
DVD
In this powerful early noir from the great Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune bursts onto the screen as a volatile, tubercular criminal who strikes up an unlikely relationship with Takashi Shimura's jaded physician. Set in and around the muddy swamps and back alleys of postwar Tokyo, Drunken Angel is an evocative, moody snapshot of a treacherous time and place, featuring one of the director's most memorably violent climaxes.
98 minutes
Black & White
Black & White
Monaural
in Japanese
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2007
Director/Writers
Screenplay by Keinosuke Uekusa and Akira Kurosawa.
Kurosawa was 38 when he directed Drunken Angel.
The Film
Other Kurosawa films in the Collection:
Eclipse Series 23: Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Eclipse Series 23: The Most Beautiful (1944)
Eclipse Series 23: Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)
Eclipse Series 23: The Men Who Tread On The Tiger's Tail (1945)
Eclipse Series 7: No Regrets For Our Youth (1946)
Eclipse Series 7: One Wonderful Sunday (1947)Eclipse Series 23: Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Eclipse Series 23: The Most Beautiful (1944)
Eclipse Series 23: Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)
Eclipse Series 23: The Men Who Tread On The Tiger's Tail (1945)
Eclipse Series 7: No Regrets For Our Youth (1946)
#24: High And Low (1963)
#159: Red Beard (1965)
#465: Dodes'ka-den (1970)
#267: Kagemusha (1980)
#316: Ran (1985)
#159: Red Beard (1965)
#465: Dodes'ka-den (1970)
#267: Kagemusha (1980)
#316: Ran (1985)
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Thirty-two page booklet featuring an essay by cultural historian Ian Buruma and excerpts from Kurosawa’s Something Like an Autobiography.
Commentary
Featuring Japanese-film scholar Donald Richie.
Documentary
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Thirty-two page booklet featuring an essay by cultural historian Ian Buruma and excerpts from Kurosawa’s Something Like an Autobiography.
Commentary
Featuring Japanese-film scholar Donald Richie.
Documentary
31-minutes on the making of Drunken Angel, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create.
Kurosawa and the Censors
A 25-minute video piece that looks at the challenges Kurosawa faced in making Drunken Angel.
Extras Rating (0-40):
Extras Rating (0-40):
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