--- title: 'Scandal (1950)' type: 'film' director: 'Akira Kurosawa' released: '1950-01-01' runtime_minutes: 104 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Japan' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/scandal-1950' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042958/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Scandal (1950) 1950 · 104 min · Drama · Japan Original title: 醜聞 ## Synopsis Scandal is a 1950 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa and written by Kurosawa and Ryūzō Kikushima, and stars Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, and Yoshiko Yamaguchi. Produced by Shochiku, Scandal tells the story of the painter Aoye and singer Saijo and their efforts to take the editors of a tabloid magazine to court for falsely depicting them as romantically involved. The pair take on the services of the lawyer Hiruta who becomes racked with guilt when he offers a deal to the magazine to throw the case on purpose so that he can afford to take care of his tubercular daughter. ## Credits - **Director:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa) - **Screenplay:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa) - **Original Music Composer:** [Fumio Hayasaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/fumio-hayasaka) ## Cast - [Noriko Sengoku](https://cinepixo.com/people/noriko-sengoku) - [Toshirō Mifune](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshiro-mifune) - [Kokuten Kōdō](https://cinepixo.com/people/kokuten-kodo) - [Yoshiko Yamaguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshiko-yamaguchi) - [Bokuzen Hidari](https://cinepixo.com/people/bokuzen-hidari) - [Shinichi Himori](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinichi-himori) - [Eitarō Ozawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/eitaro-ozawa) - [Takashi Shimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-shimura) - [Masao Shimizu](https://cinepixo.com/people/masao-shimizu) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/scandal-1950 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2297993); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.