(1948) Drunken Angel
(In Japanese with English subtitles)
DRAMA
Right after WWII, their were small villages in Japan with toxic puddles still lurking around and master film maker Akira Kurosawa exploits this idea by making it metaphorical but effective up until a certain point! It is very humid and theirs a breakout of that exist around the area with the story of a doctor who cares about his patients but loves his liquor, hence the title "Drunken Angel", and is not some Jackie Chan martial art type of film. Anyways, this doctor gets a visit from a suave looking, but hard nosed Yakuza gangster whose contracted TB upon fixing his hand whose played by common Kurosawa team up star Toshiro Mifune. He's in denial and then he accepts, and this happens throughout the rest of the film, which I couldn't tolerate anymore after about a hour and ten minutes since it delves into predictable and instead of keeping viewers fascinated the story continues to dwell on the information viewers already know from the first hour and 10 minutes and ends up to become repetitive. 60% because of the first hour and 10 minutes. The first of sixteen films, Toshiro Mifune collaborated with director Akira Kurosawa.
Right after WWII, their were small villages in Japan with toxic puddles still lurking around and master film maker Akira Kurosawa exploits this idea by making it metaphorical but effective up until a certain point! It is very humid and theirs a breakout of that exist around the area with the story of a doctor who cares about his patients but loves his liquor, hence the title "Drunken Angel", and is not some Jackie Chan martial art type of film. Anyways, this doctor gets a visit from a suave looking, but hard nosed Yakuza gangster whose contracted TB upon fixing his hand whose played by common Kurosawa team up star Toshiro Mifune. He's in denial and then he accepts, and this happens throughout the rest of the film, which I couldn't tolerate anymore after about a hour and ten minutes since it delves into predictable and instead of keeping viewers fascinated the story continues to dwell on the information viewers already know from the first hour and 10 minutes and ends up to become repetitive. 60% because of the first hour and 10 minutes. The first of sixteen films, Toshiro Mifune collaborated with director Akira Kurosawa.