An early Kurosawa gem set, like Stray Dog, in post-World War II Japan.
An alcoholic doctor treats the yakuza Matsunaga (Toshiro Mifue) for a bullet wound, and discovers he has TB. Matsunaga refuses to change his lifestyle to undergo treatment, preferring to continue his tough-guy ways of drinking, womanizing, fighting, and gambling.
The doc gives him the "dying of TB is not glamorous you idiot" speech, which helps things a little until Matsunaga's former boss is released from jail and starts to retake control of his former territory. Matsunaga soon realizes he is not as powerful in the gang as he thought, and makes a half-hearted (the other half of that heart having been eaten up by TB, no doubt) attempt at redemption.
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Yoidore tenshi (IMDB)
Wince : [*____]
Flinch : [**___]
Retch : [*____]
Gape : [*____]
Beerequisite : [**___]
Pornability : [*____]
Obscurity : [**___]
Explicability : [***__]
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