Drama · Japan · 1956 · 1h 27m

Street of Shame

赤線地帯

Street of Shame poster
Director
Kenji Mizoguchi
Cast
Machiko Kyō as Mickey Ayako Wakao as Yasumi Michiyo Kogure as Hanae Aiko Mimasu as Yumeko Kenji Sugawara as Eiko Yasuko Kawakami as Shizuko
Crew
Kazuo Miyagawa — Director of Photography Kanji Sugawara — Editor Toshirō Mayuzumi — Original Music Composer Masashige Narusawa — Screenplay Yoshiko Shibaki — Novel Masaichi Nagata — Producer
Tagline

Men were their prey! Beauty was their lure!

Synopsis

Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

Mood & Themes
prostitutebased on novel or bookdespairbrotheltokyo, japanpovertypost war japanshame
Key Collaborators
Kenji Mizoguchi Director Kazuo Miyagawa Director of Photography Kanji Sugawara Editor Toshirō Mayuzumi Original Music Composer Masashige Narusawa Screenplay Yoshiko Shibaki Novel Masaichi Nagata Producer Hisao Ichikawa Producer Hiroshi Mizutani Production Design Tsugio Tôgô Costume Design
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