| Edition |
Special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 413 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 413.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1; NTSC; Dolby digital mono; original 1.33:1 aspect ratio. |
| Cast |
Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Michiyo Kogure, Chieko Nakakita, Noriko Sengoku, Shizuko Kasagi. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Takeo Ito ; music by Fumio Hayasaka. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1948. |
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DVD release date: Nov. 27, 2007. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| 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. |
| Note |
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. |
| Language |
Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Yakuza -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.
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Medical drama -- Japan -- Tokyo.
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Alcoholics -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.
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Tuberculosis -- Patients -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Motion pictures -- Japan.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Film noir.
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Gangster films.
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| Added Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
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Motoki, Sōjirō.
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Uekusa, Keinosuke.
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982.
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997.
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Yamamoto, Reizaburo.
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Kogure, Michiyo.
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Itō, Takeo.
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Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955.
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Janus Films.
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on disc label: Akira Kurosawa's Drunken angel |
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Title on container spine: Drunken angel |
| Added Title |
Kurosawa and the censors.
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| ISBN |
9781604650013 |
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160465001X |
| Standard No. |
715515026826 |
| Music No. |
CC1728 Criterion Collection |
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