 "Drunken Angel", a 1948 film by Akira Kurosawa, is the story of a doctor (Takashi Shimura) who is obsessed with curing tuberculosis in his patients, including a young yakuza (Toshirō Mifune) whose illness is being used by his organization as a biological weapon.In the first "Zatoichi" movie (1962), Ichi's opponent Hirate has the disease, making him wish to die fighting Ichi.In the 1993 film "Tombstone" the character Doc Holliday is referred to as a "lunger", and tuberculosis motivates his actions throughout the film.