Drunken Angel
An alcoholic doctor in postwar Tokyo battles to save a yakuza from tuberculosis and the criminal world that threatens to destroy him, as old rivalries resurface and pull them both into a deadly spiral.
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In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculosis, forging an uneasy bond that’s tested when the gangster’s ruthless former boss returns and drags him back toward the swampy underworld he can’t escape.
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Edited by Akikazu KonoShot by Takeo ItoScored by Fumio HayasakaDesigned by Takashi Matsuyama
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- Engel der Verlorenende
- Drunken Angelen
- El ángel ebrioes
- L'Ange ivrefr
- L'angelo ubriacoit
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