Drunken Angel

Bogged down in post-war Japan

by Katie Whitney

posted 9/19/2009

Akira Kurosawa once said, "A truly good movie is interesting and easy to understand." His 1948 film Drunken Angel fits that description. Its plot is easy to understand: An old gangster gets out of jail and takes over a young gangster's turf. Violence ensues. People die. The plot would be cliche if Kurosawa didn't drag the center of the film to the

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