Scandal (醜聞, Sukyandaru, aka Shubun) is a Japanese film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa in 1950.The film stars Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura and Shirley Yamaguchi. It is in black-and-white and runs 104 minutes.
Ichiro Aoye (Toshirō Mifune), a famous young painter, accidentally meets a famous young singer, Miyako Saijo (Shirley Yamaguchi) whilst holidaying in the mountains. After discovering they are both staying at the same inn he offers...
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Scandal (醜聞, Sukyandaru, aka Shubun) is a Japanese film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa in 1950.The film stars Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura and Shirley Yamaguchi. It is in black-and-white and runs 104 minutes.
Ichiro Aoye (Toshirō Mifune), a famous young painter, accidentally meets a famous young singer, Miyako Saijo (Shirley Yamaguchi) whilst holidaying in the mountains. After discovering they are both staying at the same inn he offers to give her a ride to where they are staying. On the way, they are spotted by photographers for the tabloid magazine 'Amour', who follow the two. As Saijo refuses the photographers an interview they plot their revenge by taking a photograph of the couple having an innocent discussion and print it under the headline 'The Love Story of Miyako Saijo'. During the subsequent media circus, Aoye is approached by a lawyer, Hiruta (Takashi Shimura), who convinces him to sue the magazine. Aoye agrees but Hiruta, desperate for money to buy gifts for his...
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