Dokufu Takahashi Oden (1958)

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74 min - Crime | Drama | Romance - 25 February 1958 (Japan)

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In 1870's Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband... See full summary »

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	Katsuko Wakasugi	...	Oden Takahashi
	Jûzaburô Akechi
	Tetsurô Tanba
	Akira Nakamura
	Gen Funabashi
	Asao Matsumoto
	Saburô Sawai
	Arata Shibata
	Minako Yamada
	Den Kunikata
	Fumiko Miyata
	Keiko Ôzeki
	Teruko Amano
	Fujie Satsuki
	Masao Takamatsu

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In 1870's Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. She falls in love with a young policeman, but is coerced into becoming the mistress of and procurer for a vice boss. After the deaths of her second husband and daughter, Den moves to Yokohama. There she runs a casino for the vice boss. Her remorseful first husband and the disgraced policeman follow her. Den kills her former husband and the vice boss, but when she tries to escape with the casino takings, she's arrested and returned to Tokyo to stand trial. Written by Roger Keightley <rkeightley@sympatico.ca>

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