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Drunken Angel (Original screenplay for the 1948 film noir)

Drunken Angel (Original screenplay for the 1948 film noir)

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Drunken Angel (Original screenplay for the 1948 film noir)

by Akira Kurosawa (director, screenwriter); Keinosuke Uekusa (screenwriter); Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura (starring)

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Tokyo: Toho Company, 1948. Draft script for the 1948 Japanese film noir. Text and titles in Japanese.

The first of sixteen film collaborations between director Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune. Kurosawa's seventh film saw him exploring the inter workings and motivations of the yakuza and machismo. Censorship was tight regarding the occupation, forbidding criticism of Americans, leading Kurosawa to slip in references to the US presence in Japan, satirizing jazz, "pan pan" girls (unlicensed prostitutes catering to American soldiers), and Western clothing and hairstyles.

Set in the slums of postwar Japan.

White titled wrappers. Approximately 40 leaves, with last page of text numbered 79. Mimeograph duplication, printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, covered in a protective plastic wrapping from when the script was used during filming, side stapled.

BFI 638. Criterion Collection 413. Grant Japan.

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Title
Drunken Angel (Original screenplay for the 1948 film noir)
Author
Akira Kurosawa (director, screenwriter); Keinosuke Uekusa (screenwriter); Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura (starring)
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
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Publisher
Toho Company
Place of Publication
Tokyo
Date Published
1948
Keywords
Film Scripts | 1940s Cinema | Japanese Cinema | Film Noir | World Cinema | Directors | Mystery and Crime
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Film Scripts; Film Noir; Directors; Mystery and Crime;

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