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1948 · 98 mins · Japanese
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Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Starring
Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Taiji Tonoyama, Yoshiko Kuga, Eitarô Shindô, Masao Shimizu

Doctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after a gunfight leaves him wounded and discovers he has tuberculosis. Sanada urges him to stay for treatment, a choice that would upend the gangster’s lifestyle. Their uneasy friendship deepens until Matsunaga’s former boss Okada is released from prison and returns.

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