Scandal
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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.
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Cast
- Toshiro Mifune
- Ichiro Aoye
- Yoshiko Yamaguchi
- Miyako Saigo
- Takashi Shimura
- Hiruta
- Yoko Katsuragi
- Masako
- Noriko Sengoku
- Sumie, Aoye’s model
- Sakae Ozawa
- Hori
- Shinichi Himori
- Asai
Credits
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Producer
- Takashi Koide
- Screenplay
- Ryuzo Kikushima
- Screenplay
- Akira Kurosawa
- Cinematography
- Toshio Ubukata
- Art direction
- Tatsuo Hamada
- Music
- Fumio Hayasaka
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