Scandal Movie Review 1950

Handsome artist (Mifune) and beautfiul concert singer (Yamaguchi) become the victims of a libelous article in a gossip magazine. The artist decides to sue but, being softhearted, chooses a questionable lawyer because the man's young daughter is dying. Then the unethical lawyer accepts a bribe to prejudice the case. Japanese with subtitles.

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS
Running time 105 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Front Page, Law & Lawyers, Director/Star Teams: Kurosawa & Mifune

Screenplay

Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshiko (Shirley) Yamaguchi

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Music

Fumio Hayasaka