Drunken Angel

1948 · 102 min · Live action

Original title: 醉いどれ天使

We don’t recommend it under 13. Yakuza, alcoholism, tuberculosis and a final knife fight.

Reason translated with AI from our Spanish original.

Good to know

Fighting or violence
Punches, weapons, injuries; slapstick barely counts.
Difficult themes
War, bullying, illness, broken families, hard real events.
Alcohol, tobacco or drugs
Even in passing.

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Where to watch

UK

Included with subscription: BFI Player

Free (with ads): Plex

US

Included with subscription: Criterion Channel

Free (with ads): Fawesome · Plex

Spain

Included with subscription: Filmin

Free (with ads): Plex

Availability as of 17 October 2026. Data from JustWatch.

TMDb user score

7.6323 votes · TMDb

What it’s about

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.

Genres: Drama

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