Eclipse Series 7: POSTWAR KUROSAWA: KUROSAWA, Akira: Scandal (1950)

KUROSAWA, Akira (Japan)
Scandal [1950]
Eclipse Series 7
DVD


A handsome, suave Toshiro Mifune lights up the screen as painter Ichiro, whose circumstantial meeting with a famous singer (Yoshiko Yamaguchi) is twisted by the tabloid press into a torrid affair. Ichiro files a lawsuit against the seedy gossip magazine, but his lawyer, Hiruta (Kurosawa stalwart Takashi Shimura), is playing both sides. A portrait of cultural moral decline, Scandal is also a compelling courtroom drama and a moving tale of human redemption.

105 minutes
Black & White
Monaural
in Japanese
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2010
Director/Writer


Akira Kurosawa was 40 when he directed Scandal.

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