{"product_id":"drunken-angel","title":"DRUNKEN ANGEL - DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDRUNKEN ANGEL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA film by Akira Kurosawa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDr Sanada (Takashi Shimura), the drunken angel of the title, runs a clinic in the slums of Tokyo. When small-time hood Matsunaga (Toshiro Mifune) comes to his surgery after a gunfight Sanada diagnoses him with tuberculosis and convinces him to begin treatment. The disillusioned doctor feels that, by saving the young \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eyakuza\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, he can retrieve a sense of his own lost youth and idealism. Thus, they embark on a troubled friendship which is tested by the prejudices of the two and the release from prison of Matsunaga's mobster boss.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMifune, in his first major screen role, and Toho regular Shimura star together in a film which is part gangster, part melodrama and part-social critique, establishing for the first time their dynamic relationship and the extraordinary on-screen chemistry which Kurosawa would explore further in films such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStray Dog\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSeven Samurai\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDespite being Kurosawa's eighth feature, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDrunken Angel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was the director's first critical success and the first film in which he finally discovered (himself). The existential humanism which made him famous is at the root of his extraordinary tale with the correlation between strength of spirit and physical well-being representing the two forces at work in post-war Japan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJapan | 1948 | black \u0026amp; white | Japanese language with English subtitles | 94 minutes | Academy ratio 1.33:1 | Region 2 DVD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Fascinating, highly enjoyable and filled with great scenes' --Time Out\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46600829567150,"sku":"BFIVD638","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/drunken-angel-lime-light.jpg?v=1754409579","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-eu\/products\/drunken-angel","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}