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Naniwa erejî (1936)
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31 January 1979 (USA) morePlot:
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss, Mr. Asai, so she can pay her father's debt, and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
A Great Early Mizoguchi Film moreCast
(Credited cast)| Isuzu Yamada | ... | Ayako Murai | |
| Seiichi Takegawa | ... | Junzo Murai | |
| Chiyoko Okura | ... | Sachiko Murai | |
| Shinpachiro Asaka | ... | Hiroshi Murai | |
| Benkei Shiganoya | ... | Sonosuke Asai | |
| Yôko Umemura | ... | Sumiko Asai | |
| Kensaku Hara | ... | Susumu Nishimura | |
| Shizuko Takizawa | ... | Mine Fukuda, the maid | |
| Eitarô Shindô | ... | Yoshizo Fujino | |
| Kunio Tamura | ... | Dr. Yoko | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Kasuke Koizumi | |||
| Takashi Shimura | ... | Inspector | |
| Mitsuzo Tachibana | ... | Famizaburo Matsushita | |
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The first film included in the Criterion Collewction's "Mizoguchi's Fallen Women", this is the story of Ayako (a pretty great Isuzu Yamada who, according to this website, is still wonderfully with us), who is a switchboard operator who needs 300 yen to prevent her father getting in major trouble. To get the money, she spends time with her boss. This is, of course, little more than being a companion. One of Mizoguchi's gifts as a director (he also wrote the story) is that in many of his films his characters were not sympathetic yet he does not wholly judge the. The key is, what would you do? The film could never be in color, it is a noirish, gray film. The story is compelling, the acting is uniformly good, with Ms. Yamada really standing out, and the direction is, of course, flawless. I've also seen "Sisters Of The Gion" and "Streets Of Shame" from this collection. Buy it! Mizoguchi was one of the giants of 20th century cinema from any country. This film is highly recommended.