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Drunken Angel = Yoidore tenshi
Title
Drunken Angel = Yoidore tenshi [videorecording] / Janus Films, Toho Company Ltd.
醉いどれ天使 [videorecording] / Janus Films, Toho Company Ltd.
ISBN
9781604650013
160465001X
Edition
Special ed., [fullscreen ed.]
Published
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2007]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1948.
Special edition features include audio commentary, a making-of documentary, and a video looking at the challenges Kurosawa faced in making Drunken angel: Kurosawa and the censors.
Produced by Sojiro Motoki ; screenplay by Keinosuke Uekusa, Akira Kurosawa ; music by Fumio Hayasaka ; directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Japanese dialogue with English subtitles.
Summary
A tuberculosis-infected criminal starts an unhealthy relationship with an alcoholic doctor. Bonus features include commentary; documentary; and more. Also includes booklet containing essays and a reprint from Kurosawa's autobiography.
Variant and related titles
Yoidore tenshi
Title on disc label: Akira Kurosawa's Drunken angel
Title on container spine: Drunken angel
Kurosawa and the censors
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Japanese
Added to Catalog
November 29, 2007
Series
The Criterion collection ; 413
Credits
Produced by Sojiro Motoki ; screenplay by Keinosuke Uekusa, Akira Kurosawa ; music by Fumio Hayasaka ; directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Cast
Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Reizaburo Yamamoto.
System details note
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono; 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Audience
Rating: Not rated.
Videorecording number
CC1728 The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films.
Film noir.
Gangster films.
Also listed under
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Janus Films.
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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