98 mins |
Rated
PG (Low level offensive language)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Reisaburo Yamamoto, Michiyo Kogure
Playing as party of Academy's Lost Weekend: A Film Series of Cinema's Most Infamous Drunks, playing March 21 - 28.
'In this powerful early noir from the great Akira Kurosawa (SEVEN SAMURAI), 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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Playing as party of Academy's Lost Weekend: A Film Series of Cinema's Most Infamous Drunks, playing March 21 - 28.
'In this powerful early noir from the great Akira Kurosawa (SEVEN SAMURAI), 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.'