Toho Company released Drunken Angel to theaters on April 27, 1948. Akira Kurosawa directed the film starring Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, and Reizaburô Yamamoto.
‘Drunken Angel’ Movie Summary
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.
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Toho Company released Drunken Angel to theaters on April 27, 1948. Akira Kurosawa directed the film starring Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, and Reizaburô Yamamoto.