Drunken angel
by
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
Title
:
Drunken angel
Alternate title
:
Title on disc label: Akira Kurosawa's Drunken angel
Title on container spine: Drunken angel
Yoidore tenshi
Added Title
:
Kurosawa and the censors.
Author
:
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
Motoki, Sōjirō.
Uekusa, Keinosuke.
Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982.
Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997.
Yamamoto, Reizaburo.
Kogure, Michiyo.
Itō, Takeo.
Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955.
Janus Films.
Toho Kabushiki Kaisha.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Series
:
Criterion collection ;
Series Number
:
413.
Summary
:
Set in post-war Tokyo in 1945, a tuberculosis-infected criminal starts an unhealthy relationship with an alcoholic doctor. The patient needs to feel better so that he can retain his status as gang-leader after the ex-leader is released from prison, and the doctor needs to feel like he has a place in society and that life is worth living.
Audience
:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
General Note
:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1948.
Special features: commentary soundtrack by film scholar Donald Richie, a making-of documentary (31 min.), a short (25 min.) looking at the challenges from censors that Kurosawa faced in making Drunken angel, and a booklet featuring an essay by cultural historian Ian Buruma and excerpts from Kurasawa's autobiography.
Edition
:
Special ed.
Physical Description
:
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Genre
:
Foreign films.
Feature films.
Film noir.
Gangster films.
Films in Japanese.
Subject Term
:
Yakuza -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.
Physicians -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.
Alcoholics -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.
Tuberculosis -- Patients -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Author(s)
:
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
Motoki, Sōjirō.
Uekusa, Keinosuke.
Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982.
Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997.
Yamamoto, Reizaburo.
Kogure, Michiyo.
Itō, Takeo.
Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955.
Added Corporate Author
:
Janus Films.
Toho Kabushiki Kaisha.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Publisher
:
Criterion Collection,
Publication Date
:
2007
1948
ISBN
:
9781604650013
Publication Information
:
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2007]
Call Number
:
DVD DRUNKEN
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