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Scandal (Criterion Collection)

 

  Written and Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Japan 1950 / Drama / Social Problem / Media Satire / 104 min / Black & White / Monaural / 1.33:1 Original Aspect Ratio / NTSC /  In Japanese with Optional English Subtitles

Toshiro Mifune, Shirley Yamaguchi, Noriko Sengoku, Takashi Shimura

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.