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4 June 1959 (USA) moreTagline:
Men were their prey! Beauty was their lure!Plot:
The personal tales of various whores who occupy a Japanese whorehouse. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
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(Credited cast) | Machiko Kyô | ... | Mickey |
| Aiko Mimasu | ... | Yumeko |
| Ayako Wakao | ... | Yasumi |
| Michiyo Kogure | ... | Hanae |
| Kumeko Urabe | ... | Otane |
| Yasuko Kawakami | ... | Shizuko |
| Hiroko Machida | ... | Yorie |
| Eitarô Shindô | ... | Kurazô Taya |
| Sadako Sawamura | ... | Tatsuko Taya |
| Toranosuke Ogawa | ... | Mickey's Father |
| Bontarô Miyake | ... | Nightwatch |
| Daisuke Katô | ... | President of Brothel Owners' Association |
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| Kenji Sahara | ||
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Fabulous film making, a really enjoyable and moving film, oh so beautifully shot. Every wondrous frame is a sight to behold and Mr Mizoguchi certainly knew how to exploit the 4:3 academy ratio and as it says in my booklet, don't dare watch it stretched on a widescreen TV. Set in Tokyo's red-light district of the time and against the background of political attempts to have prostitution made illegal, as well as everything else it is a tantilising glimpse of the mid fifties streets. Poverty and hypocrisy, along with the real need to literally pull those punters in. Always ravishing to watch there are additionally some stand out scenes and the controversial ending works splendidly for me with the electronic music preventing it becoming 'sentimental' or 'overplayed' as suggested by Keiko I McDonald in her 1984 biography of the director.