1948 · 98 min · Drama
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. Starring Takashi Shimura, Toshirō Mifune, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Michiyo Kogure and Chieko Nakakita.
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