Synopsis
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.
