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Street of Shame

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Original title

Akasen chitai (Street of Shame)

Year

1956

Running time

85 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Kenji Mizoguchi

Screenwriter

Masashige Narusawa. Novel: Yoshiko Shibaki

Cast

Music

Toshiro Mayuzumi

Cinematography

Kazuo Miyagawa (B&W)

Producer

Daiei Films

Genre

Drama | Prostitution

Synopsis

Five prostitutes work at Dreamland, in Tokyo's Yoshiwara district. As the Diet considers a ban on prostitution, the women's daily dramas play out. Each has dreams and motivations. Hanae is married, her husband unemployed; they have a young child. Yumeko, a widow, uses her earnings to raise and support her son, who's now old enough to work and care for her. The aging Yorie has a man who wants to marry her. Yasumi saves money diligently to pay her debt and get out; she also has a suitor who wants to marry her, but she has other plans for him. Mickey seems the most devil-may-care, until her father comes from Kobe to bring her news of her family and ask her to come home.

Rankings Position

#28 Best Japanese Movies of all time
#60 Best Movies of the '50s

Awards: 1956: Venice: Nominated for Golden Lion (Best Film)

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76 My Favorite Japanese Movies (28)

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