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Scandal

Akira Kurosawa

Japan

1950

105 minutes

Black and White

1.33:1

Japanese

Synopsis

A handsome, suave Toshiro Mifune lights up the screen as painter Ichiro, whose circumstantial meeting with a famous singer (Yoshiko Yamaguchi) is twisted by the tabloid press into a torrid affair. Ichiro files a lawsuit against the seedy gossip magazine, but his lawyer, Hiruta (Kurosawa stalwart Takashi Shimura), is playing both sides. A portrait of cultural moral decline, Scandal is also a compelling courtroom drama and a moving tale of human redemption.

Cast

Ichiro AoyeToshiro Mifune
Miyako SaigoYoshiko Yamaguchi
HirutaTakashi Shimura
MasakoYoko Katsuragi
Sumie, Aoye’s modelNoriko Sengoku
HoriSakae Ozawa
AsaiShinichi Himori

Credits

DirectorAkira Kurosawa
ProducerTakashi Koide
ScreenplayRyuzo Kikushima and Akira Kurosawa
CinematographyToshio Ubukata
Art directionTatsuo Hamada
MusicFumio Hayasaka

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Eclipse Series 7:
Postwar Kurosawa

by Michael Koresky Jan 14, 2008

As Japan was coming out of World War II, Akira Kurosawa was coming into his own as a filmmaker. And this was hardly a coincidence: though he had made a name for himself as a promising popular craftsman at Toho Studios during the war, Kurosawa later said he didn’t feel he could express himself as...

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