Drunken Angel

Caillouquiroule

Un film très moralisateur mais malgré tout touchant tant les deux personnages, torturés par leurs travers, trouvent dans l'autre un moyen d'expiation. Un film réussi sur l'amitié, c'est rare.

Ludovic72

Un film noir d'une tonalité originale : Kurosawa y tourne en dérision les "codes moraux" des yakuzas, totalement inopérants face à la maladie. Seule la médecine peut vaincre, à condition de suivre les consignes. Mais encore faudrait-il arrêter de se croire supérieur aux autres ! Et au milieu des futiles guerres de clans, la grande mare d'eau polluée symbolise fort bien la décrépitude morale ambiante.

cyrikelly

Incroyable la transformation de l'acteur (malade) TOSHIRO MIFUNE! Un film de grande qualité, dans un quartier en perdition, dans lequel des femmes et des hommes pour leur dignité, tentent de relever la tête. Merci M. KUROSAWA.

El Biffo

Much more than a B-movie style, gangster melodrama, this eloquent film tells a story of how people from from the fringes of society, literally from the sewage, somehow find a way to try and help each other, even when the situation is hopeless.

Lorna Singh

Special for being the film that started it all---the greatest collaboration in film history.The setting,where children play in dirty swamps and streets,is perfect to showcase the ugliness and corruption of gangsters and others. The amazing Toshiro Mifune conveys so much,even with small gestures.

mjgildea

Drunken Angel was pretty good but it didn't blow me away. Not my most memorable Kurosawa viewing but it had some great moments and the swamp imagery was fantastic. Kurosawa's lesser works are still better than most directors' masterpieces. Like getting a flat and getting lucky in the same day...

Christopher R. Smith

Early film from Akira Kurosawa is a noirish drama that makes excellent use of its gritty post-War Japan locations - with great inky black and white cinematography and authentic performances from Takashi Shimura and Toshirô Mifune. The story meanders in places and can be slow at times - but at its strongest moments, it's a true classic. The first major step toward the masterpieces Kurosawa would go on to make.

Wee Hunk

This crime melodrama from the 40's belongs in the silent era. That's the acting style. At several times I thought I was watching 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'. It's a bit too preachy to qualify for film noir.