Yoidore tenshi Drunken angel
(DVD) 

Originally produced as a Japanese motion picture in 1948.

Special features: Commentary [optional audio feature]; Akira Kurosawa: It is wonderful to create [featurette] (31 min.), Kurosawa and the censors [featurette] (25 min.); booklet includes the essays "The spoils of war" by Ian Baruma and "On 'Drunken Angel'" by Akira Kurosawa.

880-03,Cinematography by Itō Takeo ; music by Hayasaka Fumio.

880-02,Shimura Takashi, Mifune Toshirō, Yamamoto Reizaburō, Kogure Michiyo, Nakakita Chieko, Sengoku Noriko, Kasagi Shizuko.

Dr. Sanada is an alcoholic, in part due to the despair that constantly assails him as he tries to keep the inhabitants of a post-World War II Tokyo slum as healthy as possible. Food and medical supplies are scarce, the neighborhood is around an open sewer, and the only place to buy medicines is the black market-- controlled by the Yakuza. Matsunaga, a young yakuza with a violent temper, seeks Sanada's help to remove a bullet from his hand, but Matsunaga's cough catches the doctor's attention. What follows is a wrestling match for Matsunaga's life. Will he follow Sanada's instructions and make the smart, healthy decision, or will he let the fabled yakuza code of honor destroy him?

MPAA Rating: Not rated.

DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.; fullscreen presentation, preserving the aspect ratio 1.33:1 of the original theatrical exhibition.

In Japanese, with optional subtitles in English.