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.

Takashi Shimura
Sanada

Toshirō Mifune
Matsunaga
Reizaburo Yamamoto
Okada

Michiyo Kogure
Nanae

Chieko Nakakita
Miyo

Noriko Sengoku
Gin

Shizuko Kasagi
Singer

Eitarō Shindō
Takahama
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Release Date
April 27, 1948
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
NR
Genres
Drama
Director