The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
159 audience votes
Key crew
- Kenji MizoguchiDirector
- Masashige NarusawaScreenplay
- Toshirō MayuzumiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Machiko KyōMickey
- Ayako WakaoYasumi
- Michiyo KogureHanae
- Aiko MimasuYumeko
- Kenji SugawaraEiko
- Yasuko KawakamiShizuko
- Eitarō ShindōKurazô Taya
- Bontarō MiakeOfficer Nonomura
- Haruo TanakaOsaka Salesman
- Sadako SawamuraTatsuko Taya
- Daisuke KatōMr. Nomura
- Hisao ToakeShiomi
Stills
Themes
prostitutebased on novel or bookdespairbrothelred-light districttokyo, japanpovertyprostitutionpost war japanshame1950ssex work