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The Angry Street

The Angry Street

19506.51h 45m

Overview

University students Sudo and Mori make money by picking up rich girls in dance clubs and conning them into giving them cash. Mori is the brains of the operation, and Sudo is the suave dancer who picks up the girls. Sudo becomes gradually involved with three different girls and is drawn into the gangster milieu, which he seems unable to resist even though he is responsible for his mother, grandmother, and sister Masako. In this world of bad boys and girls, Masako is the pillar of strength and moral virtue who finally enables Mori to straighten out.

Directed by Mikio Naruse
Written by Fumio Niwa, Mikio Naruse, Motosada Nishikame
Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka
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Top Cast

Jūkichi Uno

Jūkichi Uno

Yasumi Hara

Yasumi Hara

Yuriko Hamada

Yuriko Hamada

Setsuko Wakayama

Setsuko Wakayama

Yoshiko Kuga

Yoshiko Kuga

Mayuri Mokushô

Mayuri Mokushô

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Kan Yanagiya

Kan Yanagiya

Mitsue Tachibana

Mitsue Tachibana

Midori

About The Angry Street

The Angry Street is a crime, drama film released in 1950. Directed by Mikio Naruse, it stars Jūkichi Uno, Yasumi Hara, Yuriko Hamada. University students Sudo and Mori make money by picking up rich girls in dance clubs and conning them into giving them cash. Mori is the brains of the operation, and Sudo is the suave dancer who picks up the girls. Sudo becomes gradually involved with three different girls and is drawn into the gangster milieu, which he seems unable to resist even though he is responsible for his mother, grandmother, and sister Masako. In this world of bad boys and girls, Masako is the pillar of strength and moral virtue who finally enables Mori to straighten out.

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