[10 January 2008]

by Shaun Huston

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One need not know much about Japanese national cinema or Akira Kurosawa or post-War Japan to enjoy and appreciate a film like Drunken Angel.

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Tagged as: akira kurosawa | chieko nakakita | michiyo kogure | reizaburo yamamoto | takashi shimura | toshiro mifune

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