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"After a battle with rival criminals, a small-time gangster is treated by an alcoholic doctor in post-war Japan. The doctor diagnoses the young gangster's tuberculosis, and convinces him to begin treatment for it. The two enjoy an uneasy friendship until the gangster's former boss is released from prison and seeks to take over his gang once again. The ailing young man loses his status as gang boss and becomes ostracised, and eventually confronts his former boss in a battle to the death."
"Una noche, el gangster Matasunaga llega a la clínica del doctor Sanada, un médico alcohólico solicitando con urgencia que le extraiga una bala."
"Dr Sanada runs a clinic in the slums of Tokyo. When small-time hood Matsunaga comes to his surgery after a gunfight Sanada diagnoses him with tuberculosis and convinces him to begin treatment. The two embark on a troubled friendship which is tested by the prejudices of the two and the release from prison of Matsunaga's mobster boss."
"In 1945, following the end of Pacific War, most of Japan's large towns were vast heaps of ashes and rubble. The virtual bacilli of society were thriving around the black markets. Among the rubble lived an old doctor prctising for the benefit of the poor. As a young man he had ruined himself hrought fas living, but is now a ovable old humanitarian, operating a clinic with the help of a nurse whom he rescued from misery. -- Cover."@en
"Sumario: Los barrios bajos de la ciudad de Japón son el marco idóneo para una historia de perdedores, impregnada de pesimismo y amargura."
"Centers on a gambler who has been told he has tuberculosis and believes the disease is incurable and proceeds to throw his life away until taken in hand by the "drunken angel", a doctor who goes out of his way to help people."
"Dr. Sanada is an alcoholic, in part due to the despair that constantly assails him as he tries to keep the inhabitants of a post-World War II Tokyo slum as healthy as possible. Food and medical supplies are scarce, the neighborhood is around an open sewer, and the only place to buy medicines is the black market-- controlled by the Yakuza. Matsunaga, a young yakuza with a violent temper, seeks Sanada's help to remove a bullet from his hand, but Matsunaga's cough catches the doctor's attention. What follows is a wrestling match for Matsunaga's life. Will he follow Sanada's instructions and make the smart, healthy decision, or will he let the fabled yakuza code of honor destroy him?"
"The story of a physician who tries to be a healer in a world of hoodlums."
"Takashi Shimura plays a doctor who tries to bring about the spiritual and physical recovery of the human debris who live in the ashes of a poor quarter of Tokyo immediately after the war. Toshiro Mifune is an uprooted petty gambler and black-marketeer."
"A gambler, believing that he is dying of tuberculosis, proceeds to throw his life away until taken in hand by a "drunken angel" doctor."
"In 1945, following the end of Pacific War, most of Japan's large towns were vast heaps of ashes and rubble. The virtual bacilli of society were thriving around the blacks markets. Among the rabble lived an old doctor practising for the benefit of the poor. As a young man he had ruined himself through fast living, but is now a lovable old humanitarian, operating a small clinic with the help of a nurse whom he rescued from misery."
"Indiqué sur la jaquette : Appelé en pleine nuit à soigner un jeune gangster blessé à la main, un médecin alcoolique lui décèle une affection plus grave, la tuberculose. Il tente de soigner le jeune homme qui ne veut rien entendre. Et malgré les disputes et les menaces, il se prend d'amitié pour lui..."
"In this powerful early noir from the great Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune bursts onto the screen as a volatile, tubercular criminal who strikes up an unlikely relationship with Takashi Shimura's jaded physician. Set in and around the muddy swamps and back alleys of postwar Tokyo, Drunken Angel is an evocative, moody snapshot of a treacherous time and place, featuring one of the director's most memorably violent climaxes."
"The story of a physician, who was broght up in the ashes of a poor area in Tokyo after World War II, tries to be a healer in a world of hoodlums."