Drunken Angel

Drunken Angel

  • Director: Akira Kurosawa
  • Writer: Keinosuke Uekusa,Akira Kurosawa
  • Countries of origin: Japan
  • Language: Japanese
  • Release date: December 30, 1959
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: Pijani andjeo
  • "Yoidore tenshi" is a thriller produced by Toho Company, Limited, Japan, directed by Wind Man and co-starring Toshirô Mifune and Takashi Shimura . It was released in Japan on April 27, 1948.
    The film tells the story of Sanada, a poor community doctor who likes to drink, who treats tuberculosis for the gang leader Matsunaga   .

    Details

    • Release date December 30, 1959
    • Filming locations Toho Studios, Tokyo, Japan
    • Production companies Toho Company

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $46,808

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $15,942

    Gross worldwide

    $46,808

    Movie reviews

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    • By Hayley 2022-04-08 09:01:13

      The stinky angel in the stinky pond

      The name 酊Angel sounds wonderful: the traditional image of an angel is not a drunken figure, but an illusory and holy one. Who is the angel in this film? Sanada played by Takashi Shimura or Matsunaga played by Toshiro Mifune? The two leading actors have a lot of drinking scenes in this film. Shimura Joe is an alcoholic and bad-tempered doctor, and Mifune Toshiro is a nightclub prince who never gets drunk. At first glance, both figures are far from angels. But what is an angel? Sanada said...

    • By Ashley 2022-04-08 09:01:13

      Drunken Angel--The explosive performance of Toshiro Mifune

      In the film "Drunken Angel", what impressed me most was the explosive performance of Toshiro Mifune, the actor of Matsunaga. I saw the unkempt, foolish and crazy robber who raped the samurai wife in Rashomon, and then looked at his suit and leather shoes in "The Drunken Angel" or when he was in and out of the dance hall, and the black leather clothes to cover up his illness. , is simply a mess of handsome. Okada, the eldest brother who just got out of prison, took Matsunaga's...

    • By Josiane 2022-04-08 09:01:13

      Akira Kurosawa's remarks on "The Drunken Angel" and Toshiro Mifune in "The Oil of the Toad"

      I dug out the book and found this one. Akira Kurosawa's...

    • By Braxton 2022-04-07 09:01:08

      Mud Drunk Angel

      For the mainstream evaluation of this film, there are mainly two. 1. As one of Kurosawa Akira's post-war chaos trilogy, whether it is Matsunaga's lungs with holes, a sick body suffering from tuberculosis, or a bubbling stinky pond, all of them show Japan's defeat after the war. The spiritual and material emptiness of the people, the chaos in the society, and the desolate people everywhere. Second, Toshiro Mifune's explosive performance in the film is a major attraction. Not only did he take...

    • By Kellie 2022-04-07 09:01:08

      Movie diary

      Drunken Angel: The weird guitar playing at the beginning matches the picture. Since the eldest brother was released from prison, he needs to change the key. Mimic scraping bone healing. Judging from the title of the film, the director wanted to show the doctor's humanity. In contrast to his drinking all day long, I think the main reason is that the director failed to agree on the role of Mifune with Ukusa, which caused Mifune to play freely and the rogue's humanity continued to sway. It's still...

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    • By Willa 2022-04-13 09:01:06

      Except for Kumiko (that is, the cute little girl in Ozu's "The Flower of the Other Side"!), the whole film reveals the despair, the stinky ditch, and the rotten lungs. This society has no cure, and the doctor and the sick are all Same struggle. And people can't get out of this environment, they can only struggle... Mifune is really young, handsome and wild...

    • By Kaia 2022-04-12 09:01:10

      Doctor Poison Tongue is a cutie. Mifune's interpretation of the drunk will be unforgettable for a...

    • By Kailyn 2022-04-12 09:01:10

      In Akira Kurosawa's early films, Toshiro Mifune's little white face was a mess when he was young. That kind of cruelty is hidden in the bones. It has not yet reached the realm of domineering leakage in the future. Many postwar...

    • By Zena 2022-04-12 09:01:10

      Sound, use of light, character appearances, surreal dreams. From a genre perspective, this is a variation on a Yakuza movie, and a very strong...

    • By Alena 2022-04-12 09:01:10

      There is a rotten and dirty smell everywhere, the deformed and sick society is like Matsunaga's lungs, the loss and confusion after the war, the disorder and fragility of the social body, but with Sanada's persistence, there is still a faint...

    Movie plot

    In Japan after World War II, through the mixture of despair and hope, chaos and order, the people who are at a loss in the turbulent times are a metaphor for the helpless Japan after the defeat. Japan is devastated, filled with a hopeless gray picture of disease and unemployment. In Japan after the defeat of the war, Sanada ( Takashi Shimura ) is a poor community doctor who likes to drink, and he is good at treating tuberculosis . One...
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    Movie quotes

    • Sanada: You still stink of booze! Huh! I'm not a veterinarian. My patients don't need leashes tied around their necks.

    • Sanada: You're surrounded by a bunch of scum. Rotten, maggot-infested bacteria. Until you break free of that, there's no hope for you.

    • Sanada: Yakuza power is nothing but a myth. They're just good at scaring people.