1 Movie Starring Aiko Mimasu

Street of Shame

Street of Shame

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1959-06-04

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

87 min

IMDB Ratings:

(2219 Reviews)

Director:

Kenji Mizoguchi

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Masashige Narusawa

Yoshiko Shibaki (novel)

Fullplot:

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.

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