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Scandal

Scandal

1950 · 104 min · JA · 6.9 (102 votes)
Dir. Akira Kurosawa · Starring Toshirō Mifune, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Yōko Katsuragi, Noriko Sengoku, Eitarō Ozawa, Takashi Shimura · Music Fumio Hayasaka
Drama

A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.

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A smoky, morally ambiguous world where reputations are fragile and the press is ruthless. This film feels like a cold winter's night, full of hushed secrets and the sting of public judgment, slowly thawing into a grim, inevitable spring.

melancholictensecynicalatmosphericsteadyfilm noirblack and whiteclassic Hollywoodreputationtruthpublic perceptionmorality
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painterinntabloidlow end lawyerwinter into spring
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