What can you say about one of the greatest filmmakers of all time? This is supposed to be the first film that Akira Kurosawa had total control of and it's an interesting look at humanity and two fairly opposite characters. One an alcoholic doctor who, besides for his addiction to drinking, lives a pretty moral and upstanding life and the other a gangster who comes down with tuberculosis. It's great to see a young Toshiro Mifune playing the gangster role. The Japanese countryside looks pretty miserable and considering this was made right after World War II I can imagine why that would be. Not Kurosawa's best work, his samurai films are much better, but a good film to see for historical reasons. I also learned from this movie that Japanese chicks in the '40's had some crazy ass eyebrows.
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