Drunken angel.

In this powerful early noir from the great Akira Kurosawa, 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Kanopy (Firm)
Other Authors: Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997 (Actor)
Format: Video
Language:Japanese
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video
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Summary:In this powerful early noir from the great Akira Kurosawa, 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.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 98 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.