Fans of japanese director akira kurosawa are in luck. Audio commentary featuring japanese film scholar donald richie. Sanada is surrounded by a cesspool a garbage polluted water, mosquitoes and the yakuza which he refers to as human trash. Everything you need to know about drunken angel movie. Drunken angel is a significant film in the pantheon of akira kurosawas masterpieces. Drunken angel, yoidore tenshi is a 1948 japanese yakuza film directed by akira kurosawa. He retired early to spend more time drinking in the local pubs. Drunken angel, however, that made kurosawas name famous. Drunken angel has also been cited by kurosawa as the film in which the immature director finally discovered himself. Drunken angel 1948 was the first of 16 film collaborations between akira kurosawa and toshiro mifune with mifune in his first major film role as matsunaga.
Drunken angel has one audio track, a one channel mono presentation in japanese. A 30minute documentary on the making of drunken angel, created as part of the toho masterworks series akira kurosawa. Drunken angel 1948 full movie download full hd youtube. Drunken angel was the film that gave toshiro mifune his first major screen role. Watch drunken angel full movie in hd visit the chaotic worlds of the yakuza and an alcoholic doctor collide in this f. A gangster leonardo dicaprio suffers a gunshot wound. Sanada, played by takashi shimura the leader in seven samurai, treats a petty criminal named matsunaga toshiro mifune with tuberculosis, and tries to get him to work at treating his disease stop drinking, smoking, get some rest, etc.
A drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violenceprone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond. Provided to youtube by cdbaby drunken angel barbara blue sell my jewelry. Much as mizoguchis career was often synonymous with that of kinuyo tanaka and ozus was identified with such regulars as chishu ryu and setsuko hara, kurosawas canon centred on his collaboration with toshiro mifune, with whom he made 16 films extending from drunken angel in 1948 to red beard in 1965. The making of drunken angel video 2007 quotes on imdb. And years after the end of wwii its a great film made successfuly under strict allied censorship. Led by film scholar larsmartin sorensen, this extra was made exclusively for this release. Though this one isnt quite up to par with those later works, it still serves as an. Drunken angel blood spilled out from the hole in your heart over the strings of your guitar the worn down places in the wood that once made you feel so good drunken angel drunken angel youre on the other side drunken angel youre on the other side sun came up it was another day and the sun went down you were blown away whyd you let go of your. Spettatore potrebbe mirare immagine e cacciagione sul vostro laptop. The making of drunken angel video 2007 quotes imdb.
The doctor, who despises the yakuza, discovers the young man is suffering from tuberculosis, a disease symbolic of what is happening to the doctor and the community. There are a lot of different genres on display in this early kurosawa film including noir. With takashi shimura, toshiro mifune, reizaburo yamamoto, michiyo kogure. Lucinda williams reveals the sad stories behind her songs. Drunken angel 1948 the chaotic worlds of the japanese mafia yakuza and an alcoholic doctor collide in this film noir classic from akira kurosawa. Drunken angel a film that is part gangster, part melodrama and part social critique established. The chaotic worlds of the yakuza and an alcoholic doctor collide in this film noir classic from akira kurosawa. Topics drama, doctors, pollution, alcohol, yakuza, gangsters, patients, tb, tuberculosis, japan, night clubs, singers, dancers language japanese. As director and actor, they helped craft some of international cinemas most legendary films. Drunken angel 1948 out of 4 straightforward and simple drama about the troubled relationship between a low level gangster toshiro mifune dying of tuberculosis and the drunken doctor takashi shimura trying to save him during postwar japan.
Its also probably akira kurosawas first masterpiece. Get a special offer and listen to over 60 million songs, anywhere with amazon music unlimited. Escuchar y descargar canciones drunken angel lucinda williams mp3 gratis. He is seen here alongside toho regular takashi shimura. The drunken angel refers to the dr as he cant help his passion for putting people right but hes also a bit of a lush. Drunken angel is a 1948 japanese yakuza film directed by akira kurosawa.
It is notable for being the first of sixteen film collaborations between director kurosawa and actor toshiro mifune. Kurosawa and the censors, a new, 25minute video piece that looks at the challenges kurosawa faced in making drunken. Drunken angel sittin on top of the world walter vinson mississippi sheiks duration. Drunken angel is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1. Its kurosawas first time working with the actor he became most associated with, toshiro mifune. He was a director of broad strokes and so this story of a good man trying to save a gangster is exactly his style. The film develops at a slow pace but it is more of a character study of the 2 main actors. Drunken angel, considered to be kurosawas breakthrough film that demonstrated his full cinematic mastery, concerns a somewhat downandout doctor struggling. Drunken angel 1948 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The start of the video focuses on a history of censorship in the years directly after world war ii and the strikes that struck toho. Its not as clear as it could be, with some of the dialogue sounding slightly muffled, even more so than the criterion release. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Drunken angel, which starred oftused actor toshiro mifune who went.
If nothing else, drunken angel is a film of historical significance simply because it marked the first collaboration between akira kurosawa and toshiro mifune. Lucinda williams drunken angel from car wheels on a gravel road mercury records, 1998. Gangster toshiro mifune visits doctor takashi shimura, after an unfortunate incident with a bullet. The anger and energy of his performance made him a star and he went on to work with kurosawa in 16 films. This was the gloomy atmosphere in which a number of postwar japanese films, such as akira kurosawas drunken angel 1948 and kenji mizoguchis women of the night 1948 were set. Echo sparks plays lucinda williams beautiful song drunken angel we come straight out of a shanty in the wilds of orange county, deep in the bumpy landscape of south caleefornya. For one its one of his first major succeses after eight films. It is wonderful to create kurosawa and the censors, a new, 25minute video piece that looks at the challenges kurosawa faced in making drunken angel new and improved english subtitle translation. This story of a consumptive gangster and a drunken doctor living in the postwar desolation of downtown tokyo is a melodrama intermingling desperation and hope, violence, and melancholy. Although not his first ever onscreen role it is credited with kickstarting his career as well as that of kurosawas.
1315 435 857 922 754 1466 650 796 1499 488 71 480 432 1177 7 1263 367 1483 927 1296 1245 140 457 1211 965 1186 1424 1432 1062 305 299 37 564 100 1160