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Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

Original title: Suzaki Paradaisu: Akashingô
  • 19561956
  • 1h 21m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
771
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Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956)
Drama
A couple stand indecisively on a bridge in Asakusa. Tsutae and Yoshiji have lost confidence and passion for their future as they get on the bus for Tsukishima and get off at Suzaki. Across t... Read allA couple stand indecisively on a bridge in Asakusa. Tsutae and Yoshiji have lost confidence and passion for their future as they get on the bus for Tsukishima and get off at Suzaki. Across the bridge they see the sign for Suzaki Paradise, a red-light district where Tsutae once wo... Read allA couple stand indecisively on a bridge in Asakusa. Tsutae and Yoshiji have lost confidence and passion for their future as they get on the bus for Tsukishima and get off at Suzaki. Across the bridge they see the sign for Suzaki Paradise, a red-light district where Tsutae once worked as a prostitute. Tsutae spots an ad for a waitress at a bar near the bridge and she r... Read all
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
771
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    • Yûzô Kawashima
    • Toshirô Ide
    • Yoshiko Shibaki(original story)
    • Nobuyoshi Terada
  • Stars
    • Michiyo Aratama
    • Yukiko Todoroki
    • Seizaburô Kawazu
    • Yûzô Kawashima
    • Toshirô Ide
    • Yoshiko Shibaki(original story)
    • Nobuyoshi Terada
  • Stars
    • Michiyo Aratama
    • Yukiko Todoroki
    • Seizaburô Kawazu
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    • 3User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Michiyo Aratama
    Michiyo Aratama
    • Tsutae
    Yukiko Todoroki
    Yukiko Todoroki
    • Otoku
    Seizaburô Kawazu
    Seizaburô Kawazu
    • Mr. Ochiai
    Tatsuya Mihashi
    Tatsuya Mihashi
    • Yoshiji, Tsutae's husband
    Izumi Ashikawa
    Izumi Ashikawa
    • Tamako
    Shinsuke Maki
    • Nobuo
    Noriko Katsura
    Fudeko Tanaka
    Fudeko Tanaka
    Kenjirô Uemura
    Kenjirô Uemura
    • Denshichi
    Kyôzô Fuyuki
    • Soba Shop Owner
    Shôichi Ozawa
    • Sankichi
    Zenji Yamada
    • Man looks like carpenter
    Akiko Kikuno
    Keiko Sumida
    • Denshichi's woman
    Asako Tsuda
    • Hatsue
    Ikunosuke Koizumi
    • Sushi shop owner
    Kôichirô Sakai
    • Policeman #1
    • (as Ichirô Sakai)
    Minoru Sato
    • Policeman #2
      • Yûzô Kawashima
      • Toshirô Ide
      • Yoshiko Shibaki(original story)
      • Nobuyoshi Terada
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      Akai hi yo sayonara
      Words by Takao Saeki

      Music by Masanobu Tokuchi

      Sung by Natsue Yuri

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    6/10
    Your typical tale about prostitution and prostitutes set in japan, nothing more nothing less
    There is hardly any plot whatsoever and the characters act in ways that you don't believe for a second the possibility for them to be a proper couple (the wife is really annoying with her egoism on full throttle for 98% of the movie while the husband can't stop spouting "woe is me" nonsense), but it is extremely well shot and directed so kudos to the director (of whom I'm making a marathon in these days) for that. It's not even presented as a comedy like the usual from Yuzo Kawashima, so I can't believe he presented this relationship in such a way on purpose. A technically excellent footnote you'll likely to watch once, but nothing else.
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    • TooKakkoiiforYou_321
    • Mar 23, 2022

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      • July 31, 1956 (Japan)
      • Japan
      • Japanese
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      • Nikkatsu
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    • 1 hour 21 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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