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* DelicateAndSickly: Gentle, sweet, bedridden, dying Masako.
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* MoodWhiplash: A plastered Hiruta gives a tearful speech to Masako about the nature of evil and what underhanded cheats the people at ''Amour'' are. And then it becomes funny when he collapses onto Masako and starts snoring gently.
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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: There's Masako Hiruta, who is so innocent that nothing can corrupt her. And then there's Ichiro Aoye, who is not corrupted by the scandal or even by hiring an AmoralAttorney.
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* AmoralAttorney: Hiruta, as shown by his HeelFaceRevolvingDoor.
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* CharacterTics: Ichiro has a tendency to scratch his head and ruffle his hair.
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An outraged Ichiro sues for slander. He makes the rash decision to hire as his lawyer one Hiruta, an obviously third-rate attorney whose "office" is a wooden shack on a rooftop, mainly because he sympathizes with Hiruta's tubercular, terminally ill daughter Masako. This decision becomes even more ill-advised when Hiruta, desperate for money to help his daughter, takes a bribe from ''Amour'''s sleazy publisher to tank the case.
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An outraged Ichiro sues for slander. He makes the rash decision to hire as his lawyer one Hiruta, an obviously third-rate third rate attorney whose "office" is a wooden shack on a rooftop, mainly because he sympathizes with Hiruta's tubercular, terminally ill daughter Masako. This decision becomes even more ill-advised when Hiruta, desperate for money to help his daughter, takes a bribe from ''Amour'''s sleazy publisher to tank the case.
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* AuthorTract: Kurosawa had a very low opinion of the scandal-obsessed, gossipy yellow journalism that rose up in post-war Japan.
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''Scandal'' (醜聞, aka ''Shubun'') is a 1950 film from Creator/AkiraKurosawa, starring Creator/ToshiroMifune.
Ichiro Aoye (Mifune) is an artist who paints both models and still lifes. While painting a mountain by the side of a country road one day, he runs across a lovely and famous young singer, Miyako Saijo, who is hoofing it after missing her bus. They are both headed for the same town so he offers her a lift. Ichiro and Miyako get separate rooms in a hotel and their relationship is entirely platonic, but when he enters her room for a chat they are photographed by paparazzi from the gossip magazine ''Amour''. The gossip rag then runs a story claiming that Miyako had an affair.
An outraged Ichiro sues for slander. He makes the rash decision to hire as his lawyer one Hiruta, an obviously third-rate attorney whose "office" is a wooden shack on a rooftop, mainly because he sympathizes with Hiruta's tubercular, terminally ill daughter Masako. This decision becomes even more ill-advised when Hiruta, desperate for money to help his daughter, takes a bribe from ''Amour'''s sleazy publisher to tank the case.
Second pairing of Kurosawa and Mifune, after ''Film/StrayDog''.
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* TheAce: ''Amour'' gets a much more competent attorney who runs rings around Hiruta in court. The look of disgust on his face when he finds out about the publisher's bribery scheme is priceless.
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: The folks at ''Amour'' are capital-E Evil. They lie, and they take pleasure in destroying reputations. Ichiro for his part is righteously angry while Miyako is pure and innocent.
* {{Chiaroscuro}}: Used for the first shot of the staff of ''Amour'', when they are developing the picture of Ichiro and Miyako, to establish them as shadowy and evil.
* DoubleStandard: "I hate women who act innocent but turn out to be whores", says a writer for ''Amour'', and later they say "The story concerned Saijo", reflecting the idea that only women are to be shamed for having sex.
* DrowningMySorrows: Hiruta starts drinking heavily after taking bribes from ''Amour''.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Hiruta gets himself hired as Ichiro's lawyer. Then he betrays Ichiro by taking a bribe from ''Amour''. Then he publicly confesses to the bribery scheme in court, winning the case for Ichiro.
* HollywoodLaw: Hard to believe that Hiruta's confession would result in anything other than a mistrial.
* {{Hypocrite}}: The folks at ''Amour'', who seek to shame Miyako for allegedly having sex, have pinups plastered all over their office.
* IllGirl: Gentle, sweet, bedridden, dying Masako.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Hiruta spends most of the third act of the movie expressing this trope, as he's clearly ashamed of betraying Ichiro.
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: InUniverse, as the publisher of ''Amour'' says exactly this when expressing confidence about the slander trial.
* SmugSnake: The publisher for ''Amour''. Notice his insufferable grin when testifying in court.
* SpinningPaper: Newspaper and magazine headlines popping up onscreen tell the story of the spreading scandal, and then of the slander trial.
* StrawmanNewsMedia: ''Amour'' prints scurrilous gossip without giving a crap whether or not its true. They also aren't above bribery in court proceedings.
* TitleDrop: "It's not our first scandal", says the publisher of ''Amour''.
* TranslatedCoverVersion: Miyako sings a beautiful "Silent Night" with Japanese lyrics. Later, at a sad New Year's party, the crowd sings "Auld Lang Syne" in Japanese.
Ichiro Aoye (Mifune) is an artist who paints both models and still lifes. While painting a mountain by the side of a country road one day, he runs across a lovely and famous young singer, Miyako Saijo, who is hoofing it after missing her bus. They are both headed for the same town so he offers her a lift. Ichiro and Miyako get separate rooms in a hotel and their relationship is entirely platonic, but when he enters her room for a chat they are photographed by paparazzi from the gossip magazine ''Amour''. The gossip rag then runs a story claiming that Miyako had an affair.
An outraged Ichiro sues for slander. He makes the rash decision to hire as his lawyer one Hiruta, an obviously third-rate attorney whose "office" is a wooden shack on a rooftop, mainly because he sympathizes with Hiruta's tubercular, terminally ill daughter Masako. This decision becomes even more ill-advised when Hiruta, desperate for money to help his daughter, takes a bribe from ''Amour'''s sleazy publisher to tank the case.
Second pairing of Kurosawa and Mifune, after ''Film/StrayDog''.
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!!Tropes:
* TheAce: ''Amour'' gets a much more competent attorney who runs rings around Hiruta in court. The look of disgust on his face when he finds out about the publisher's bribery scheme is priceless.
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: The folks at ''Amour'' are capital-E Evil. They lie, and they take pleasure in destroying reputations. Ichiro for his part is righteously angry while Miyako is pure and innocent.
* {{Chiaroscuro}}: Used for the first shot of the staff of ''Amour'', when they are developing the picture of Ichiro and Miyako, to establish them as shadowy and evil.
* DoubleStandard: "I hate women who act innocent but turn out to be whores", says a writer for ''Amour'', and later they say "The story concerned Saijo", reflecting the idea that only women are to be shamed for having sex.
* DrowningMySorrows: Hiruta starts drinking heavily after taking bribes from ''Amour''.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Hiruta gets himself hired as Ichiro's lawyer. Then he betrays Ichiro by taking a bribe from ''Amour''. Then he publicly confesses to the bribery scheme in court, winning the case for Ichiro.
* HollywoodLaw: Hard to believe that Hiruta's confession would result in anything other than a mistrial.
* {{Hypocrite}}: The folks at ''Amour'', who seek to shame Miyako for allegedly having sex, have pinups plastered all over their office.
* IllGirl: Gentle, sweet, bedridden, dying Masako.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Hiruta spends most of the third act of the movie expressing this trope, as he's clearly ashamed of betraying Ichiro.
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: InUniverse, as the publisher of ''Amour'' says exactly this when expressing confidence about the slander trial.
* SmugSnake: The publisher for ''Amour''. Notice his insufferable grin when testifying in court.
* SpinningPaper: Newspaper and magazine headlines popping up onscreen tell the story of the spreading scandal, and then of the slander trial.
* StrawmanNewsMedia: ''Amour'' prints scurrilous gossip without giving a crap whether or not its true. They also aren't above bribery in court proceedings.
* TitleDrop: "It's not our first scandal", says the publisher of ''Amour''.
* TranslatedCoverVersion: Miyako sings a beautiful "Silent Night" with Japanese lyrics. Later, at a sad New Year's party, the crowd sings "Auld Lang Syne" in Japanese.
