The read
It runs a compact 1h 21m.
Synopsis
A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job pouring sake for male customers at a small bar run by a sympathetic older woman, while Yoshigi is shunted off into a nearby noodle shop, where he gets a job delivering noodles. Tsutue charms and runs off with one of her clients. Yoshigi, ignoring the attentions of a sweet co-worker, pursues Tsutue.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
26 audience votes
Key crew
- Yūzō KawashimaDirector
- Nobuyoshi TeradaScreenplay
- Toshiro IdeScreenplay
Cast
- Michiyo AratamaTsutae
- Yukiko TodorokiOtoku
- Seizaburō KawazuMr. Ochiai
- Tatsuya MihashiYoshiji
- Izumi AshikawaTamako
- Shinsuke MakiNobuo
- Noriko KatsuraWoman Applying for Housemaid
- Fudeko TanakaProstitute of a Certain Age
- Kenjiro UemuraDenshichi
- Kyōzō FuyukiSoba Shop Owner
- Shoichi OzawaSankichi
- Zenji YamadaMan Looks Like Carpenter
Stills
Themes
red-light districttokyo, japanprostitutionshōwa era (1926-89)