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May 7, 2024 · Lucinda Williams’ song “Drunken Angel” is one of the most powerful and moving songs in her catalog. Released in 1998, the song was written in honor of fellow musician Blaze Foley, who was shot and killed in 1989. The song captures the essence of Foley’s struggle with addiction and the love and admiration that Williams had for him.
Drunken Angel. Directed by Akira Kurosawa • 1948 • Japan. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura. 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 ...
May 23, 2020 · Drunken Angel – 1948 Kurosawa. The titular character isn’t Mifune but Takashi Shimura and rumor has it the film was supposed to be more centered on Shimura (he’s still the lead) but Kurosawa was so impressed with Mifune’s talent that he expanded the young actor’s part. It’s sort of Kurosawa’s Fonda and Wayne (John Ford—even if ...
Feb 6, 2014 · The town like the one in Drunken Angel wouldn’t have been an uncommon sight near Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and resting in the center of town is a radioactive swamp the camera frequently emphasizes with long-held shots. Doctor Senada, ever socially conscious, warns the town’s children from approaching the water, “You fool! Get out of there!”
Drunken Angel (1948) *** (out of 4) Straight-forward and simple drama about the troubled relationship between a low level gangster (Toshiro Mifune) dying of tuberculosis and the drunken doctor (Takashi Shimura) trying to save him during post-war Japan. There are a lot of different genres on display in this early Kurosawa film including noir ...
Nov 27, 2007 · Drunken Angel is a significant film in the pantheon of Akira Kurosawa's masterpieces. For one its one of his first major succeses after eight films. Its Kurosawa's first time working with the actor he became most associated with, Toshiro Mifune. And years after the end of WWII its a great film made successfuly under strict allied censorship.
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Sep 6, 2010 · Picture 6/10. Akira Kurosawa’s classic film, Drunken Angel, is presented in the aspect ratio of 1.33:1 on this dual-layer disc. The picture has been window boxed with a black border around the image. Notes in the booklet point out that the condition of the original materials for the film have deteriorated severely and that this transfer comes ...
