Overview
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.
Movie Info
Release Date: 4/27/1948
Runtime: 98 min
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writers: Keinosuke Uekusa, Akira Kurosawa
Top Cast
Takashi Shimura
Sanada
Toshirō Mifune
Matsunaga
Michiyo Kogure
Nanae
Chieko Nakakita
Miyo
Noriko Sengoku
Gin
Shizuko Kasagi
Singer
Eitarō Shindō
Takahama
Masao Shimizu
Oyabun
Taiji Tonoyama
Shop Proprietor
Yoshiko Kuga
Schoolgirl
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