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Overview

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7.9/10   548 votes
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Director:
Kenji Mizoguchi
Writers:
Masashige Narusawa (writer)
Yoshiko Shibaki (novel)
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Release Date:
4 June 1959 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Men were their prey! Beauty was their lure!
Plot:
The personal tales of various whores who occupy a Japanese whorehouse. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
ravishing more

Cast

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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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Street of Shame (USA)
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Runtime:
87 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:12 (2008) | UK:X (1958) | Argentina:13 | Portugal:M/16
Filming Locations:
Japan
Company:
Daiei Studios more

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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Aru eiga-kantoku no shogai (1975) more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
ravishing, 5 March 2009
9/10
Author: christopher-underwood from Greenwich - London

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.

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