Scandal

Scandal is a 1950 film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film stars Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura and Shirley Yamaguchi. Ichiro Aoye , an artist, meets a famous young classical singer, Miyako Saijo whilst working on his paintings in the mountains. After discovering they are both heading for the same location he offers to give her a motorcycle ride to where they are staying. On the way, they are spotted by paparazzi for the tabloid magazine Amour, who track the two down. As Saijo refuses to grant the photographers an interview they plot their revenge by taking a picture of... the couple having breakfast and print it under the headline 'The Love Story of Miyako Saijo'. Aoye is outraged by this false scandal and plans to sue the magazine. During the subsequent media circus, Aoye is approached by a down-and-out lawyer, Hiruta , who claims to share Aoye's anger with the press. Aoye takes him for his attorney but Hiruta, desperate for money to cure his daughter with terminal tuberculosis, Masako , accepts a bribe from the editor of the magazine to throw the trial.
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