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Produced and released during the American occupation in Japan, the Drunken Angel screenplay had to comply with a censorship board issued by the U.S. government. The board did not allow criticism of the occupation to be shown in Japanese films at that time.
Nov 19, 2007 · The set for Akira Kurosawa’s Drunken Angel (1948) consisted of a filthy sump surrounded by ruined buildings, shabby wooden houses, and the facade of a sleazy nightclub. It was a setting that could have been found almost anywhere in Tokyo in 1948, or any other bombed-out Japanese city where postwar life revolved around the teeming black markets. One of the wonders of the early postwar ...
Kurosawa and the Censors, a new, 25-minute video piece that looks at the challenges Kurosawa faced in making Drunken Angel. New and improved English subtitle translation. PLUS: An essay by cultural historian Ian Buruma and excerpts from Kurosawa’s Something Like an Autobiography. New cover by Jock.
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Drunken Angel • 25m Between 1945 and 1952, during the American occupation of Japan, censorship agencies reviewed all films proposed for production. In this 2007 video essay, film scholar Lars-Martin Sorensen sheds light on the challenges Akira Kurosawa faced from the censors in making DRUNKEN ANGEL.
Between 1945 and 1952, during the American occupation of Japan, censorship agencies reviewed all films proposed for production. In this 2007 video essay, film scholar Lars-Martin Sorensen sheds light on the challenges Akira Kurosawa faced from the censors in making DRUNKEN ANGEL.
Music, Influence, and Censorship in Akira Kurosawa's Drunken Angel by Michael W. Harris Abstract: Akira Kurosawa's 1948 film Drunken Angel was his first collaboration with composer Fumio Hayasaka, with whom the director would work until Hayasaka's death. This article examines two elements that shaped the final product but have rarely been
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.
