In a Tokyo slum, an alcoholic doctor resolves to save a temperamental, tubercular gangster (Toshirô Mifune, electric in his first collaboration with Kurosawa), but the return of an old Yakuza boss threatens to draw the patient back into his self-destructive lifestyle.

The screening on Tuesday, November 11, will be presented in conjunction with the film course Akira Kurosawa’s Film Noir: Adaptation and Reinvention, taught by Paul Wright, Ph.D. On that date, seating for screening-only attendees will begin at 7:00 pm. Just want to see the film? Purchase your tickets from this page.

35mm print courtesy of Janus Films.