Drunken Angel (1948)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa · 98 min · Drama
48.1 TOPICAL score · #2,055 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Drunken Angel (1948, directed by Akira Kurosawa) has a TOPICAL score of 48.1 - ranked 2,055 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on cast and critics, and lowest on awards. Critics: 94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.5/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 7.6/10 (323 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 34 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.5/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 7.6/10 (323 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 34 languages
- Still read9,457 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Takashi Shimura (actor #188), Toshirō Mifune (actor #16), Reizaburō Yamamoto, Michiyo Kogure