Drunken Angel (1948)

Akira Kurosawa · 98 min · Letterboxd ↗

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.

Drunken Angel screens once in London: ICA, Tuesday 27 October at 18:30.