Drama · Japan · 1977 · 1h 37m

Gate of Flesh

肉体の門

Gate of Flesh poster
Director
Shōgorō Nishimura
Cast
Reiko Kayama as Maya Miyako Yamaguchi as Sen Izumi Shima as Mino Tokuko Watanabe as Oroku Seiji Endō as Rei Okamoto as Prostitute A
Crew
Yoshihiro Yamazaki — Director of Photography Toyoharu Nishimura — Editor Cosmos Factory — Original Music Composer Yōzō Tanaka — Screenplay Taijirō Tamura — Novel Akira Miura — Producer
Synopsis

The background is Yuraku-cho in Tokyo and the film shows how desperately the women, who had led sheltered lives before the war, struggled to keep alive and the innate strength of post-war women.

Mood & Themes
tokyo, japanprostitutionsoftcorepink filmshōwa era (1926-89)post-war chaos period
Key Collaborators
Shōgorō Nishimura Director Yoshihiro Yamazaki Director of Photography Toyoharu Nishimura Editor Cosmos Factory Original Music Composer Yōzō Tanaka Screenplay Taijirō Tamura Novel Akira Miura Producer
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