Drama ·Crime · Japan · 1958 · 1h 14m

A Wicked Woman

毒婦高橋お伝

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Director
Nobuo Nakagawa
Cast
Katsuko Wakasugi as Oden Takahashi Jūzaburō Akechi as Kazuma Namikawa Tetsuro Tamba as Ihei Ôsawa Akira Nakamura as Jinjûrô Koga Gen Funabashi as Kakunosuke Kurata Asao Matsumoto as Naminosuke Takahashi
Crew
Kikuzō Kawasaki — Director of Photography Hideo Kashima — Editor Chumei Watanabe — Original Music Composer Katsuyoshi Nakatsu — Screenplay Shin Nakazawa — Screenplay
Synopsis

In 1870's Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. She falls in love with a young policeman, but is coerced into becoming the mistress of and procurer for a vice boss.

Mood & Themes
loss of loved oneyakuzahuman traffickingmeiji periodtakahashi oden
Key Collaborators
Nobuo Nakagawa Director Kikuzō Kawasaki Director of Photography Hideo Kashima Editor Chumei Watanabe Original Music Composer Katsuyoshi Nakatsu Screenplay Shin Nakazawa Screenplay
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