In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculosis, forging an uneasy bond that’s tested when the gangster’s ruthless former boss returns and drags him back toward the swampy underworld he can’t escape.
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Written by: Keinosuke Uekusa, Akira Kurosawa
Music by: Fumio Hayasaka
Starring: Takashi Shimura, Toshirō Mifune, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Michiyo Kogure, Chieko Nakakita, Noriko Sengoku, Shizuko Kasagi, Eitarō Shindō, Masao Shimizu, Taiji Tonoyama
Genre: Drama
Released: 1948-04-27
Runtime: 98 minutes
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