Review of Drunken Angel (1948) by Dave J — 19 Jun 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011.
(1948) Drunken Angel.
(In Japanese with English subtitles).
DRAMA.
Right after WWII, their were small villages in Japan with toxic puddles still lurking around and master film maker Akira Kurosawa exploits this idea by making it metaphorical but effective up until a certain point! It is very humid and theirs a breakout of tubercolosis that exist around the area with the story of a doctor who cares about his patients but loves his liquor, hence the title "Drunken Angel", and is not some Jackie Chan martial art type of film. Anyways, this doctor gets a visit from a sauve looking, but hard nosed Yakuza gangster whose contracted TB upon fixing his hand whose played by common Kurosawa team up star Toshiro Mifune! He's in denial and then he accepts, and this happens throughout the reast of the film, which I couldn't tolerate anymore after about a hour and ten minutes since it delves into predictable and instead of keeping viewers fascinated the story continues to dwell on the information viewers already know from the first hour and 10 minutes and ends up to become repitive!
2.5 because of the first hour and 10 minutes!
This review of Drunken Angel (1948) was written by Dave J on 19 Jun 2011.
Drunken Angel has generally received very positive reviews.
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