Drunken Angel - Criterion Collection

In this powerful early noir from the great Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune bursts onto the screen as a volatile, tuberculosis-infected criminal who strikes up an unlikely, unhealthy relationship with Takashi Shimura´s jaded physician. Set in and around the muddy swamps and back alleys of postwar Tokyo, Drunken Angel (Yoidore Tenshi) is an evocative, moody snapshot of a troubled time and place, featuring one of the director´s most memorably violent climaxes.