Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- japan
- gangster
- yakuza
- doctor
- alcoholic
- tuberculosis
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Chieko Nakakita — Miyo
- Noriko Sengoku — Gin
- Shizuko Kasagi — Singer
- Eitarō Shindō — Takahama
- Masao Shimizu — Oyabun
- Taiji Tonoyama — Shop Proprietor
- Yoshiko Kuga — Schoolgirl
- Chōko Iida — Bâya
- Isao Ubukata — Punk
- Akira Tani — Yakuza Follower
- Sachio Sakai — Guitar Player
- Directed
- Akira Kurosawa
- Written
- Akira Kurosawa, Keinosuke Uekusa
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 313 ratings
- Studio
- TOHO
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
