Drunken Angel
In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculosis, forging an uneasy bond that’s tested when the gangster’s ruthless former boss returns and drags him back toward the swampy underworld he can’t escape.
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Cast
22 people
Takashi Shimura
Sanada
Known for
Seven Samurai
Ikiru
Toshirō Mifune
Matsunaga
Known for
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Reizaburo Yamamoto
Okada
Known for
Stray Dog
Michiyo Kogure
Nanae
Known for
A Geisha
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Chieko Nakakita
Miyo
Known for
One Wonderful Sunday
Floating Clouds
Noriko Sengoku
Gin
Known for
Stray Dog
Blind Beast
Shizuko Kasagi
Singer
Also in
Gazing at Love and Death
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
Eitarō Shindō
Takahama
Known for
Sansho the Bailiff
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Masao Shimizu
Oyabun
Known for
Godzilla Raids Again
Sanjuro
Taiji Tonoyama
Shop Proprietor
Known for
Onibaba
In the Realm of the Senses
Yoshiko Kuga
Schoolgirl
Known for
Good Morning
Equinox Flower
Chōko Iida
Bâya
Known for
The Only Son
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Akira Kurosawa Director · Keinosuke Uekusa Writer Fumio Hayasaka Composer
United States release December 30, 1959 · Produced in Japan · Original title 醉いどれ天使
Production
TOHO
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
醉いどれ天使
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 27, 1948
Theatrical
United States · December 30, 1959
Theatrical
France
December 8, 1959 · Theatrical
March 2, 2016 · Physical
Germany
May 8, 2008 · Theatrical
Italy
January 11, 1986 · TV
Netherlands
June 19, 1980 · Theatrical · Re-release
April 13, 2016 · Physical · DVD
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