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Synopsis
In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculosis, forging an uneasy bond that’s tested when the gangster’s ruthless former boss returns and drags him back toward the swampy underworld he can’t escape.
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yakuza underworld · tuberculosis and mortality · redemption and second chances · postwar Tokyo · doctor-patient relationship
