Yoidore tenshi /

醉いどれ天使

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...

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Corporate Authors: Janus Films, Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, Motoki, Sojiro, Uekusa, Keinosuke, Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, Yamamoto, Reizaburo, Kogure, Michiyo, Itō, Takeo, Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955
Format: Video DVD
Language:Japanese
Language Notes:Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2007]
Edition:Special ed.
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 413.
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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.
Item Description: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.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Format:DVD, region 1; NTSC; Dolby digital mono; original 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Takeo Ito ; music by Fumio Hayasaka.
ISBN:9781604650013
160465001X