Street of Shame

Street of Shame (1956)

Not Rated 04 Jun 1959 • Drama • 1h 26m
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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.

Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Masashige Narusawa, Yoshiko Shibaki
Writer
Machiko Kyô, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao
Starring

Language: Japanese
Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination
Country: Japan
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7.8

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