Street of Shame
1956 film by Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasuzō Masumura
Film · TMDB
7.7Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
Released: 1956-03-1887 minDir: Kenji MizoguchiDrama
Stream on: Criterion Channel
Cast
- Machiko Kyō as Mickey
- Ayako Wakao as Yasumi
- Michiyo Kogure as Hanae
- Aiko Mimasu as Yumeko
- Kenji Sugawara as Eiko
- Yasuko Kawakami as Shizuko
Themes
- prostitute
- based on novel or book
- despair
- brothel
- tokyo, japan